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Rh several others Jeffers thought of later on, he was relieved to hear the two trucks drive off.

"So far I am safe," he thought. "Now I wish we would leave Chicago, then there won't be any more trouble to expect from that quarter."

Franklin was not kept long in waiting. Dinner was sent to the cabin for Captain Cosgrove, and while the master of the Sunflower was eating, the mate called all hands on deck and the lines were cast off.

The craft, which was by no means large, soon slipped out of the river, and by three o'clock in the afternoon was heading up Lake Michigan at all the speed at her command.

Franklin had never taken a long trip of any kind on the water, and as it was a fine day, he enjoyed it immensely. The city and harbor were left in the distance, and as soon as it grew dark, land faded from sight and they sped along upon one vast sheet of dancing water unbroken in any direction they might look.

"This must be like the ocean, only it is smoother." thought Franklin. "I wonder how much of a trip we are going to make?"

Franklin became quite well acquainted with Ben Stanhope, one of the sailors, and before they retired for the night asked him their destination, not directly, but in a careless manner.

"you'll have to ax the cap'n, an' I wouldn't ad-