He fumbled about and found DeGolyer's hand.

"My father and mother are waiting for me," he said.

"They have been raised into a new life.

If I never come it will be worse than if I had never been found, for they'll have a new grief to bear, and it may be heavier than the first.

They must have a son, Hank." "My dear boy, what do you mean ?" "I mean that if I die--and I know that I am going to die--you must be their son.