“No, you won’t, and, besides, three men, or two and a girl, ought to be able to handle me,” said the officer, pulling off his whiskers; “I guess Elmer Greer will tell me where the missing banker is.”
“Great heavens, we are lost!” cried Greer; “it is Nick Carter!”
“Not yet!” exclaimed Louise, springing upon the officer with a knife which she had concealed in the folds of her dress.
The detective had paid no attention to the girl’s movements. Had he done so, the three rascals would not have stepped over his bleeding body as they left the room.
CHAPTER V.
THE BANKER’S DAUGHTER.
Nick Carter was found by one of the hotel employees, who notified the clerk.
Upon opening the dude’s coat they saw the detective’s badge.
A doctor was sent for, who, after carefully examining the wound, declared it but a trivial one.
Louise Calhoun had stabbed the officer in the neck, within half an inch of the artery; had her knife penetrated that, Nick’s race would have been run.