"No danger," tartly responded Kate; "they will never reach here to get a chance."
"Don't be too sure, my pretty cousin; I may yet live to see you flirting with a Yankee officer."
"You will see me dead first," answered Kate, with flashing eye.
It was a very pleasant visit that Fred had, and he was sorry when the four days, the limit of his visit, were up. The papers that he had brought were all signed, and in addition he took numerous letters and messages back with him.
When leaving, his uncle handed him a pass signed by the Governor of the State.
"There will be no getting through our lines into Kentucky without this," said his uncle. "Tennessee is like a rat-trap; it is much easier to get in than to get out."
Fred met with no adventure going back, until he approached the Kentucky line south of Scottsville. Here he found the road strongly guarded by soldiers.
"Where are you going?" asked the officer in charge.
"To my home near Danville, Kentucky," answered Fred.
"No, you don't," said the officer; "we have orders to let no one pass."