Before leaving, Nick handcuffed Greer to the iron bedstead.
The detective left the prisoner’s bedside, and, as Greer thought, left the hospital.
Nick Carter seated himself in a chair, at the rear of Elmer, who could not see him; although no motion of his escaped the detective.
Soon a nun entered.
It was not an unusual sight.
She spoke kindly to several patients, and then seated herself at the side of Greer’s bed.
The fellow seemed to start when she partly threw back her veil; and Nick drew his chair nearer his prisoner.
The nun, who was dressed in the garb of a Sister of Charity, seemed to take more than usual interest in Elmer.
She drew from her pocket a package of fruit, and gave him a suspicious-looking bundle, which he hid under the bedclothes.
Nick smiled quietly to himself at this, and he laughed aloud when the nun leaned over the rascal’s couch.