But a correspondent, M.de Laurens, of Paris, physician to the King, has, at the expense of a wealthy patient, spent more than fifteen thousand florins in essays.

Alas, without result." The big man spoke with his eyes on the floor.

Had he turned them on the Syndic he must have seen that he was greatly agitated.

Beads of moisture stood on his brow, his face was red, he swallowed often and with difficulty.

At length, with an effort at composure, "Possibly your product--is not, after all, the same as Ibn Jasher's ?" he said.
"I tested it in the same way," Basterga answered quietly.
"What?
By curing persons of that disease ?" "Yes," Basterga rejoined.