A servant of Satan

A servant of Satan

Louis Berard

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“Prado was a wonderful fellow,” said Chief Inspector Byrnes, of the New York police, recently, “and for criminal ingenuity and devilishness stands without a peer. I question whether cupidity lay at the foundation of his diabolical work, inclining to the belief that some great wrong worked on his mind and embittered him against the wealthier members of the class of women whom he selected as his victims.

A servant of Satan PREFACE

"Prado was a wonderful fellow," said Chief Inspector Byrnes, of the New York police, recently, "and for criminal ingenuity and devilishness stands without a peer. I question whether cupidity lay at the foundation of his diabolical work, inclining to the belief that some great wrong worked on his mind and embittered him against the wealthier members of the class of women whom he selected as his victims. Certainly the opening chapters of the story would indicate as much.

The fact that this recital of Prado's crimes is made up from notes furnished by the man himself makes it unusually interesting, and the splendidly written and graphically illustrated story will find a place in the scrap-book of every police detective in the country.

"I do not think a career like Prado's in Paris could be possible in this city. Our police system is so different from that of Paris that we can weave a net about criminals much easier. We do not have to unreel miles of red tape before starting out on a hunt for criminals, but are at work with scores of detectives, aided by the entire force, if necessary, before a victim of murder is fairly cold. We seek motives, study the antecedents and acquaintances of the slain, and, following clew after clew, we make it so warm for an assassin that he seeks safety rather than a duplication of crime. Prado, however, was an assassin far above the average of men in intelligence and ingenuity, and gave evidence of having moved in high circles of society, and I should not be surprised if the story will make clear his identity to students of the 'Almanac de Gotha.'"-New York World.

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““Prado was a wonderful fellow,” said Chief Inspector Byrnes, of the New York police, recently, “and for criminal ingenuity and devilishness stands without a peer. I question whether cupidity lay at the foundation of his diabolical work, inclining to the belief that some great wrong worked on his mind and embittered him against the wealthier members of the class of women whom he selected as his victims.”
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PREFACE

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PROLOGUE

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CHAPTER I. A SECRET MARRIAGE

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CHAPTER II. A SHOCKED FATHER

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CHAPTER III. A HORRIBLE PREDICAMENT

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CHAPTER IV. THE HAREM

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CHAPTER V. MAKING NEW ACQUAINTANCES

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CHAPTER VI. FETTERS DIFFICULT TO SEVER

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CHAPTER VII. ARREST EVADED

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CHAPTER VIII. A COMPACT WITH ROSE

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CHAPTER IX. ARRESTED

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CHAPTER X. FREDERICK'S PUNISHMENT

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CHAPTER XI. ANOTHER VICTIM

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CHAPTER XII. IN LUCK AGAIN

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CHAPTER XIII. A SAINT'S DEATH

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CHAPTER XIV. SUICIDE

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CHAPTER XV. DEAD

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CHAPTER XVI. LANDING AT SAN FRANCISCO

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CHAPTER XVII. HURLED OVER THE FALLS

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CHAPTER XVIII. IN NEW YORK

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CHAPTER XIX. AN UNEXPECTED MEETING

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CHAPTER XX. LADY ALICE'S SUSPICION

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CHAPTER XXI. PLANS FOR THE FUTURE

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CHAPTER XXII. FREDERICK MEETS HIS FATHER

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CHAPTER XXIII. REACHING THE CLIMAX

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CHAPTER XXIV. HIS SINS FOUND HIM OUT

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