CHAPTER XXX.
FRANKLIN SHOWS HIS PLUCK.
With slow and thoughtful steps the young electrician left the vicinity of the river, and made his way towards the park which he had before visited.
Franklin realized that he was now embarking upon a project that was entirely foreign to that upon which Belden Brice had sent him. But he could not resist Mrs. Bliss's appeal, and he did not know but what the exposure of Montague Smith and his methods would ultimately result to the speculator's credit.
When the young electrician reached the park, which, by the way, is one of the prettiest sights in the city of Milwaukee, he ran up to the top of the little hill which fronts upon the great lake, and gazed earnestly out upon the broad expanse of water, now shimmering in the glare of the midday sun.
His long look was well rewarded. Some distance out, but still near enough for him to make no mistake concerning her identity, lay the Sunflower.
