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”[277]

WHISPERING WIRES

CHAPTER ONE