# The Sealed Message

Author: Hume, Fergus, 1859-1932

Genre: Category: Romance

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55795

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Sealed+Message+Hume&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

It was a sultry July afternoon, and in the azure arch of the firmament flamed an unclouded sun. The corn was ripening to a rich yellow in some meadows, and the newly mown hay in others was being piled on lumbering wains by perspiring laborers. The red earth of the sunken lanes was caked, and their blossoming hedges were burnt up by the merciless heat. Under spreading foliage, or knee-deep in rapidly drying pools, stood weary cattle, switching lazy tails to brush away the teasing flies. Honey-bees, ostentatiously industrious, buzzed noisily from flower to flower, and the sleepy birds twittered faintly midst the grateful shade of leaves. The land was parched for want of rain, and the langui...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sealed-message-55795/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sealed-message-55795/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sealed-message-55795/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sealed-message-55795/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sealed-message-55795/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sealed-message-55795/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sealed-message-55795/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sealed-message-55795/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sealed-message-55795/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sealed-message-55795/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sealed-message-55795/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sealed-message-55795/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sealed-message-55795/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sealed-message-55795/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sealed-message-55795/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sealed-message-55795/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sealed-message-55795/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sealed-message-55795/chapters/1/index.md)
- [did. But then Rebb had daring enough to face anything, especially when](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sealed-message-55795/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sealed-message-55795/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sealed-message-55795/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sealed-message-55795/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sealed-message-55795/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sealed-message-55795/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sealed-message-55795/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sealed-message-55795/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-sealed-message-55795/chapters/16/index.md)