He assisted him into the carriage and asked:
"Where shall we drive?"
"I don't know. I'll not go to my hotel in this condition; it will occasion too much talk."
"Will you let me take you to a lodging where your condition will not attract attention?"
"Yes; I will see that you are well remunerated."
Oscar and several of the detectives had a house, an emergency house they called it. It was the very house to which he had taken Caroline Metti. He told the driver where to go and in a few moments the carriage came to a halt. Our hero discharged the coach and assisted his companion into the house, led him up the stairs to a room on the second floor, and Mrs. Keller, the woman, appeared to ask if she could be of any service.
"I will summon you if I need you," was the answer.
In the carriage the wounded man had said:
"Do not send for a physician until I learn the full extent of my wound."
Once in the room the young man looked at our hero and at once exclaimed: