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194 could be useful," said Franklin. "You can't say when he'll be back?"

"He'll be here between twelve and one, sure—he said so."

"Then I'll be back. I want to put on my working clothes," said Franklin. "Please tell him about me, will you?"

"Yes."

Franklin hurried ashore, and in an opposite direction to that taken by Captain Cosgrove and Montague Smith. He did not know if he had made a wise movement or not.

"If I was only positive that he did not know me," he said to himself. "I must change my appearance as much as possible."

Without delay, the young electrician boarded a street car, and went to his boarding house. Here he told Mrs. Gould that he expected to go away to remain several days, so she need not worry over his absence.

Franklin put on his oldest clothing and instead of his white shirt and neat collar and tie, donned a heavy flannel shirt. He left the house unobserved and bareheaded, and at the corner hat store purchased a regular sailor's cap, which he pulled down well over his forehead. He had not washed at all, but allowed all of the dust and dirt on his hands and face to remain where they were.

"Now I think I look some different than I did,"