[Illustration: _American Billionairess._ "M. LE DOCTEUR, I SEE THE
DUC DE SEPT-CADRANS IS A PATIENT OF YOURS. I WANT HIM TO PROPOSE TO MY
DAUGHTER. A--ANY FEE THAT--A----"
_Professor of Hypnotism._ "MADAM, I VILL YPNOTISE M. LE DUC. VE SHALL
SEE!----"]
[Illustration: "SORRY TO TROUBLE YOU AGAIN SO SOON, MONSIEUR? BUT
MY DAUGHTER DECLARES SHE WON'T ACCEPT M. LE DUC, JUST BECAUSE HE'S A
HUNCHBACK, AN IDIOT, AND A PAUPER!"
"MADAM, LEAVE IT TO ME. I VILL YPNOTISE ALSO YOUR DAUGHTER!"]
[Illustration: THE AMERICAN BILLIONAIRESS BECOMES MADAME LA DUCHESSE
DE SEPT-CADRANS. SHE AND HER HUSBAND ARE HAPPY, ALTHOUGH SHE HAS NO
MONEY, AND THERE IS NO SUCH DUKEDOM AS SEPT-CADRANS, FOR THEY HAVE NOT
YET LOST THEIR ILLUSIONS ABOUT EACH OTHER.]
[Illustration: AND HER LOVELY DAUGHTER IS NOW THE PROUD AND ADORING
WIFE OF THE GREAT HYPNOTIC SCIENTIST, WHO THEREBY BECOMES AN AMERICAN
BILLIONAIRE. THEY MOVE IN THE SMARTEST SOCIETY IN PARIS, AND MANAGE TO
DO A GREAT DEAL OF GOOD.]
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