"Did the plan work?"
"It did. Arthur told me where he had hidden the paper, and I sent Sam to-night to get it for me."
"Well, well!" The doctor sat back and contemplated Nancy admiringly. "There's another message written on the back of that paper."
Nancy turned it over and her eyes widened in surprise as she read aloud the hastily scrawled words: "Mrs. Bennett is a Union spy. I have just overheard an interview between her and Stanton."
"That woman!" ejaculated the doctor. "That cat!"
"Felines scratch," Nancy shrugged her shoulders disdainfully. "Stanton is fighting the devil with fire."
"Be careful, Nancy; don't undervalue your opponents," cautioned the doctor.
"I flatter myself I am a match for Mrs. Bennett," retorted Nancy, "and forewarned is forearmed."
"Strange," muttered Doctor Boyd. "Very strange. Do you recollect the——"
"I shall turn this paper over to you, Doctor," broke in Nancy impetuously, "to take through the lines, along with a despatch which I also secured to-night."