P." "So you see some one is probably coming over on the _Texas Pioneer_," said the officer, as he took the papers from bewildered Tom, "and we'd like to get hold of that fellow.

The only trouble is we don't know who he is." It was quite half a minute before Tom could get a grip on himself, so dark and mysterious had seemed this extraordinary communication.

And it was not until afterward, when he was alone and not handicapped by his present embarrassment, that certain puzzling things about it became clear to him.

At present he depended wholly upon what his superior told him and thought of nothing else.
"That was taken from your tall friend," said the officer, "and it means, if it means anything, that somebody or other closely related to him is coming over to France on the _Texas Pioneer_.

From his mention of the name to you I take it that is what T.P.means.
"Now, my boy, we want to get hold of this fellow--he's a spy.
Apparently, he won't have anything incriminating about him.