5.25"x7.5"x1.25", 299 pgs. 6 leafs. Red cloth boards w/black letters on front and spine. Spine straight but flexible. Light soiling to cover. Binding tight except for p. 297, muslin exposed. Light foxing. Unmarked. Not x-library. No DJ. "Excerpt: .station-stops, he reached the Grand Central Station wherein was the telephone-booth to which the calls had been sent from the prison. He made swift work of the matter at hand. Time was pressing. The booths, to the number of three in that portion of the station, were fortunately empty. Going over the slot-box and the tiny shelf in the center booth, which bore the number "Gramercy Hill 9845" on the transmitter, Drew pulled the door shut and dusted all the nickel work and the polished surface of the receiver, with French-gray powder of superior make. He took three exposures by aid of small flashes. He opened the door and allowed the smoke to escape. Pocketing the camera, after winding on a fresh film, he entered the booth 153 for a second time and inspected its lower paneling for possible clews. An oath, close-bitten and expressive, escaped his lips as he discovered a small hole drilled through the woodwork. He stooped and peered through this opening. It led to the next booth. It had been made with a long auger of quarter-inch diameter. Shavings lay upon the floor of the booth. He emerged and investigated the second booth. The hole came through, underneath the slot-box. It had been drilled in order to make a connection between the two telephones. He found splinters and sawdust at his feet. He backed out and stood perplexed. There was no way of finding out just what sort of connection had been made between the two booths. All evidence of wires had been taken down. Only an expert could give an answer to the new riddle. Drew recalled Westlake as he rushed to the subway-platform. He found the vice-president busy, with a score of men waiting in the outer room of the telephone company's office. The secretary-in-charge hurried in with his card and his urgent request for three minutes' important matter which could not well wait. Drew, however, was forced to wait seven minutes by his watch. He chafed at the delay. He crossed his legs at." Goodreads 5.0. Seller Inventory # 3081

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Title: Whispering Wires

Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap, NY

Publication Date: 1918

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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