CHAPTER XII.
RUN TO COVER.
There was a scene of furious excitement in the hotel dining-room, and during the confusion, Clara La Croix made her escape.
Among the guests who had been dining was a physician who ran to Harry's aid and made a rapid examination of his wound.
To the many anxious, pale-faced spectators who gathered round, he said:
"Don't be alarmed. It's a mere flesh wound and will soon heal up."
"Isn't he dead?" demanded a gentleman in a dress-suit, anxiously.
"No. Simply fainted from the shock on his system."
"He's evidently a detective."