"Tell us about it," said the General, and nothing would do but that Lawrence must give a detailed account of the trip. The General listened attentively, and when Lawrence finished he clapped him on the shoulder and cried, "Well done, my boy! Well done. You ought to be a general. But were not the warnings you received in the mountains rather mysterious?" "They were," answered Lawrence, "and I have no plausible explanation to make." Early next morning Blunt sent for Lawrence, asking him to come immediately. He found him sitting with a paper in his hand, and a puzzled expression on his face. "Hello! Captain," he cried. "I'm glad to see you, as I am a little in the mystery business myself this morning." "In the mystery business?" asked Lawrence, somewhat astonished. "Yes, don't imagine you are the only one to receive mysterious warnings. I received one myself last night." "Out with it. Don't keep me in suspense, General." "Well, last night a soldier brought me a communication, saying it was given to him by a young Indian with the urgent request that it be given to me at once." "You have Indians in your command, have you not?" "Yes, a company of scouts under the command of Colonel Wattles. The paper was of such a nature that I immediately began an investigation as to its genuineness. Colonel Wattles asked every man in his command if any one of them had delivered such a paper and each and every one denied knowledge of it. I found the soldier who gave me the paper, and he said the Indian who gave it to him disappeared in the darkness before he could ask him any questions. The paper contains the most important information, if true. Here it is. I want you to look at it, and tell me what you think of it." General Blunt handed Lawrence the communication, and no sooner had he glanced at it than he exclaimed, "Great Heavens!" "What is it?" asked Blunt, jumping up in his excitement. "Do you know who wrote it?" "I do not know who wrote it, but I know the handwriting. It is from the same person who warned General Schofield, through me, of the contemplated partisan uprising in Missouri last summer. It was the information given in that communication that enabled General Schofield to thwart the movement." "Was it the same person that warned you that you were being pursued in the Ozarks?" asked the General. "No, that warning was given by an illiterate person. This is by someone well educated. Whatever information the paper gives, act upon it at once. I will stake my life on its being correct." "Read what it says," replied the General.