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Under Sealed Orders

by H. A. (Hiram Alfred) Cody

EN·~7 hours·34 chapters

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34 total

H. A. CODY

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CHAPTER - I. THE LURE OF FALLING WATER II. TO THE LOWEST BIDDER III. ONE, AT LEAST, RINGS TRUE IV. A LITTLE CABIN V. UNMASKED VI. OUT OF BONDAGE VII. AT THE CLOSE OF A DAY VIII. THE SHADOW OF MYSTERY IX. UNITED FORCES X. WHEN DREAMS COME TRUE XI. CURIOSITY AND ANXIETY XII. PYRAMID ROCK XIII. THE DISTURBING LETTER XIV. SUBTLE INFLUENCE XV. THE "CUT OFF" XVI. CHRISTMAS EVE XVII. THE NIGHT SUMMONS XVIII. THE WILD NOR'EASTER XIX. DEVELOPMENTS XX. BUSINESS DETAILS XXI. HARNESSED POWER XXII. IN THE PATH OF DESTRUCTION XXIII. RESCUED XXIV. GATHERING CLOUDS XXV. MYSTERY XXVI. UNDER SUSPICION XXVII. IN THE TOILS XXVIII. LIGHT BREAKS XXIX. LOIS GOES TO THE CITY XXX. A STRANGE COMMISSION XXXI. PAPER NUMBER TWO XXXII. THE TABLES TURNED XXXIII. THE REAL HAVEN - UNDER SEALED ORDERS - CHAPTER I - THE LURE OF FALLING WATER

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CHAPTER II - TO THE LOWEST BIDDER

14:06

CHAPTER III - ONE, AT LEAST, RINGS TRUE

15:00

CHAPTER IV - A LITTLE CABIN

11:43

CHAPTER V - UNMASKED

15:54

CHAPTER VI - OUT OF BONDAGE

11:35

CHAPTER VII - AT THE CLOSE OF A DAY

13:20

CHAPTER VIII - THE SHADOW OF MYSTERY

13:54

CHAPTER IX - UNITED FORCES

13:23

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In a remote valley where the wind whistles through towering pines and Break Neck Falls thunders a hundred feet into the gorge, an enigmatic old man stands on a high rock, his eyes fixed on the cascading water as if it were a lover’s voice. He feels a strange, intimate language in the roar of the falls—something no one else seems to hear—prompting him to speak reverently to the water and promise that its hidden power will one day shape the land.

Compelled by this mysterious summons, he leaves the falls and treks through dense woods, following a path he knows intimately yet never abandons. The waterfall’s echo follows him, urging him onward even as night falls and the forest grows dark. Along the way he encounters strangers who watch his strange ritual, and the old man’s certainty that he alone can decode the falls’ secret sets the stage for a journey that will test his resolve and uncover forces far beyond his solitary world.

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Project Gutenberg

Release date

Sep 17, 2005

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16714

Subjects

Canada -- Fiction PS

About the author

H. A. (Hiram Alfred) Cody

1872–1948

A Canadian clergyman who turned life on the frontier into popular fiction, he wrote adventure-filled novels shaped by his years in New Brunswick and the Yukon. His books once reached a wide readership and helped bring northern settings into early 20th-century Canadian storytelling.

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