There were only a few words on it and I can tell you those few words made my heart jump up into my mouth, and made me go cold all over." "What were they!" asked T.X.
"I shall not forget them, sir.

They're sort of permanently fixed in my brain," said the man earnestly; "the note started with just the figures 'A.

C.274.'" "What was that!" asked T.X.
"My convict number when I was in Dartmoor Prison, sir." "What did the note say ?" "'Get out of here quick'-- I don't know who had put it there, but I'd evidently been spotted and I was taking no chances.

That's the whole story from beginning to end.

I accidentally happened to meet the young lady, Miss Holland--Miss Bartholomew as she is--and followed her to her house in Portman Place.