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

It was evening and a late April wind was whipping down the valley. It
swayed the tops of the tall pine and spruce trees as they shouldered up
from the swift brook below. It tossed into driving spray the water of
Break Neck Falls where it leaped one hundred feet below with a
thundering roar and swirl. It tossed as well the thin grey hair, long
beard, and thread-bare clothes of an old man standing upon a large rock
which towered high above the stream.

The entire scene was wild and made weird by the approach of night. But