"Only, if you'll be kind enough to give this to the gentleman when he returns."
Tony hastily wrote a line on a card, and gave it to the now complacent dame.
Fifteen minutes after Tony's departure Rudolph returned.
He sprang up stairs only to find the room empty and the bird flown.
"What's come of the boy!" he exclaimed in dismay; "how did he get out?"
He summoned the landlady quickly.
"Do you know anything of the boy that was in my room, Mrs. Jones?"
"Yes, Mr. Rugg, I let him out. He said you locked him in in fun."
"Humph! what else did he say?"