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Rh pale, agitated face and choking voice. Before he could answer, the Marquis spoke again.

"I know that this request seems strange, since the acquaintance between us is so recent, and, perhaps, because I have been assured by some of the most renowned specialists that the case is incurable. But I am his father, and he is my only son! My only child! I cling to the least hope. You come from the new world where I hear there are new and wonderful discoveries; I entreat you to do what you can."

Dr. Vaughn was too much moved to reply for the moment, but he took the hand the Marquis held out and grasped it warmly.

And then he went to see his new patient.

It would take entirely too long to tell the story of the months that followed; of how Dr. Vaughn worked to help the