“Did you recognize that voice?” he asked sharply. “Tell me the facts. I can’t go ahead unless you do. I must work from facts!”
“No!” declared Stockbridge. “No, I did not! I never heard it before. I––”
“What was it like?”
“Hollow-whispering—almost feminine in tone. I thought it was a woman at first. It wasn’t, though! It was a man or boy.”
“Have you told me everything?”
“Yes—except this man or boy—this whispering voice, wound up by threatening to get my daughter, Loris, as soon as he finished with me. Said he’d clean up with her!”
“I’ll take the case!” snapped Drew.
“THE MAGPIE”