The detective heard the men breaking in the door at the head of the stairs, and then came more shooting in the hall above. All was confusion in the room below.
CHAPTER XXIV.
WHAT NICK OVERHEARD.
As the detectives started up the stairs, which were not lighted, a woman’s voice came from above.
“Who is there?” she asked.
Chick crowded past his chief before he replied:
“Waiter.”
“What is going on down there?” was the next question.
“There’s a gang of toughs making for the wine rooms.”