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Rh The young electrician, by keeping his ears open, heard the captain addressed as Cosgrove, and he also heard this individual remark that the last cargo had gone through all right.

"I would like to know what he means by going through all right," thought Franklin. "Does he mean that it was secreted somewhere, without any one being the wiser?"

As soon as the unloading was completed, Macklin led the way to the stables, and here he and Franklin took care of the teams. This was new work for the young electrician, but luckily he knew how to do it, and got through very well.

After leaving Macklin, Franklin brushed off his clothing as best he could, and then boarded a car for Mrs. Gould's boarding house. He was tired after his journey and his unexpected work, and thought himself entitled to the ride.

"I wouldn't care to be a truck driver all my life," he thought, while getting ready to go down to dinner. "It's too hard, and too rough work. It needs a fellow with more weight than I've got."

At the table, Franklin became fairly well acquainted with Walter Robinson, the young man he had met in the restaurant. The young electrician found Robinson bright and talkative, and after the meal was over, gladly accepted an invitation to spend the evening in the latter's room.

During the course of this time, Franklin told how