"May I ask, Cortland," he demanded, "how on earth you guessed our plans so well that you had that trap spread for us?"
"I didn't guess your plans," smiled Captain Cortland.
"Oh, come now!"
"Not a bit of guess about it, my dear Freeman. I knew your whole plan for to-night."
"Knew it?"
"Yes."
"You had scouts out, Cortland, who detected our advance? From your knowledge of our advance you cleverly guessed our plan?"
"Oh, no! As I just said, I knew your plan, and did not have to guess it."
"But how?" pressed Captain Freeman, still disconsolate and much mystified.
"Indirectly, I had the plan from your own lips. In other words, Freeman, scouts of mine were in your camp at early dark to-night. They heard you and your officers discussing the plan. Then, very naturally, my scouts brought the information to me."