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Whispering Wires
ADAPTED FROM THE SATURDAY EVENING POST STORY
OF THE SAME TITLE
BY
HENRY LEVERAGE
NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1918,
BY
MOFFAT, YARD & COMPANY
First printing . . . . September, 1918
Second printing . . . . September, 1918
Third printing . . . . October, 1918
DEDICATED
TO
ONE WHO HELPED
CONTENTS
| I | “The Whispering Voice” | 1 |
| II | “The Magpie” | 15 |
| III | “The Man in Olive-Drab” | 31 |
| IV | “The Murder” | 46 |
| V | “The First Clews” | 59 |
| VI | “Harry Nichols” | 74 |
| VII | “The Spot of Black” | 89 |
| VIII | “Tangled Wires” | 107 |
| IX | “Men and Motives” | 124 |
| X | “A Woman Calls” | 144 |
| XI | “The Closing Net” | 181 |
| XII | “Suspicion Fastens” | 202 |
| XIII | “A Silent Prisoner” | 222 |
| XIV | “The Prisoner Speaks” | 239 |
| XV | “The Voice on the Wire” | 260 |
| XVI | “The End” | <