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Something like that.

Some cellular or glandular change

has taken place, which renders you immune.

I'd like to find out what that is.

Hey, wait a minute.

You don't mean you want to cut me open?

No, no, no.

Just take your blood count,

examine your muscular coordination

and study your reflexes.

If we can find out what it is that produces

this immunity against electricity,

we might be the means of saving

the hundreds of lives

that are lost every year

through accidental electrocution.

And you can live right here, too.

You mean, I get to eat here, too?

Surely.

Take it easy

until you're well and strong again.

That's good enough for me.

Dr. Rigas,

come here a minute.

He's my associate.

Dr. Rigas, I want you to meet

Dan McCormick.

Good morning, sir.

Hiya, Doc.

I've been trying to persuade Mr. McCormick

to come work with us

while we study his apparent immunity

to high-voltage electrical shock.

Oh, yes! Yes, of course!

Forgive me, I didn't recall

the name for a moment.

You're the one...

Yes, I'm the one that lived.

And I have assured him

that we will do nothing

to injure his health

in the slightest degree.

Yes, yes, of course.

Well, then,

let's get to work.

What say you, pup?

You ready, Corky?

Go get it!

Good morning, Miss June.

Good morning, Dan.

Lovely day, isn't it?

Oh, it sure is.

Well, are you beginning to feel

at home around here?

Yeah. You know, every day around

here is like Sunday on the farm.

Well, they're not working you

too hard, then?

No.

Why, they just give me

a little shot of electricity,

feel my pulse and look in my eyes

and tap me on the knee.

You know how doctors do.

Well, doesn't the electricity hurt?

No.

Why, I used to take more than this

six times a day when I had my carnival act.

You know, Miss June,

you look mighty pretty

with those flowers in your arms.

Thank you, Dan.

You remind me of a girl

I used to be kind of sweet on.

She had a high wire act

in one of the Big Mac shows.

What happened to her?

She ran away

with the fire-eater.

Well, don't worry, Dan,

I won't do that.

Hi, Corky! Come here, kid!

Give me that ball!

Give me that ball. Come here.

Good morning,

Miss Lawrence.

Well, you do get around,

don't you?

How goes the great experiment?

Nicely, thanks.

How long does

a thing like this take?

Oh, weeks, months,

a year perhaps.

You see, when a scientific discovery

is announced to the world,

it must be proved beyond chance.

Well, you've had a week now.

What progress have you to report?

I think we can safely say that

the preliminaries have been completed.

Well, that's fine.

Now we can get to the main bout.

What are you doing tonight?

Why, Mr. Adams,

I thought you were here professionally.

Well, if you think there's

anything amateur...

Look, June,

you're making it awful tough on me.

I'm trying to romance with you

and what do I get?

Biology.

By the greatest authority in the world.

Well, maybe he is.

But if you're interested in the subject,

I, too, have a few ideas along these lines.

Hi!

Oh, I hope I didn't interrupt.

No, it's all right.

I wasn't getting anywhere.

Come on, Corky. Come on, Corky.

Come on, Corky.

Hey, you and Corky

seem to be getting along all right.

Sure, him and me

gets along swell.

Say, you want to

see something?

Get a load of this.

All right, Corky. Lay down.

Down.

That's it.

Now, turn over on your side.

Over.

Hold it. Hold it.

Now, clear up on your back.

Turn over on your back.

Hold it. Hold it.

Now back on your side.

No, no, the other side.

Hold it.

That's a boy!

He learned that one quick.

I think maybe when I go back to the

carnival, I'll get myself an animal act.

Dan, will you

come in here, please?

Sure.

No, not you.

No, no, no.

I don't like that guy.

You don't know

anything about him.

Do you?

I know that much of the success

of this laboratory is due to him.

He's a genius in his line.

Maybe.

But I'll bet he spent his childhood

sticking pins in butterflies.

What do you think, Corky?

Hey, Doc?

Yes?

Where's Pete?

Pete?

Yeah. Pete, the rabbit

in the end case there.

He worked yesterday.

Now, would you

step on this, please?

Sure.

Hey, ain't we gonna

wait for Dr. Lawrence?

Dr. Lawrence is away for a few days

attending a scientists' convention.

He left full instructions

about the experiment.

Now, just relax.

Now, please.

Thank you.

Now, just relax.

You're perfectly all right.

You can get up now.

Hey, Doc,

what happened?

You must have dozed off

for a minute.

Feels like my hands are asleep.

Well, that's strange.

Just the usual voltage,

enough to maintain your immunity.

Oh, I wouldn't know

from that scientific talk.

You all through with me now?

Yes, that's all for today.

Okay. So long.

Goodbye.

Hiya, Corky.

Come on, kid! Let's go.

What's the matter?

Come on, Corky.

Come on, kid.

Come on, I won't hurt you.

It's good to be home.

Conventions are all right,

in their way,

but I'm for holding them all

in my own living room.

Yes, I always thought them

pretty much a waste of time.

Same old fogies

with the same old theories.

This wasn't so bad.

Our Latin American friends

are really doing some worthwhile things.

By the way, where is Dan?

He was sitting out in the garden

just a few minutes ago.

Maybe he doesn't know

what time it is.

Wong,

call Mr. McCormick.

Yes, Doctor.

I'm worried about Dan.

Well, what's the matter?

Isn't he happy here?

I guess so, but...

He seems to have slowed down.

Perhaps it's a reaction

to our experiments.

Well, maybe we're crowding him

too much.

I'll check the reports

after luncheon.

He's coming now, sir.

How are you, Dan?

Did they take good care of you

while I was away?

Oh, I'm okay, Doc.

Special for you, Mr. Dan.

No, thanks.

I ain't hungry.

Finish your lunch, Doctor.

I'll take care of him.

Take his plate back to the kitchen, Wong.

He may eat it later.

Yes, Doctor.

Uncle John,

there's something the matter with Dan.

Something strange

is happening to him.

Oh, nonsense, child.

I admit he looks rather badly,

but as Dr. Rigas says,

that might be the result

of our experiments.

Well, I wish

you would make sure.

I will, now that we've got

that scientific congress out of the way.

Have you any idea

what might be wrong?

Well, nothing definite, but...

Well, you remember the goldfish?

Goldfish?

Diggs and Betty,

in your office.

Oh, yes, yes, of course.

They died.

Well, that's too bad.

Something in the water, eh?

Yes, sir.

Electricity.

Paul, look here.

June asked me to

give you this.

Oh, yes. Yes, thanks.

What do you make

of Dan's condition?

As I suspected, he's nervously upset.

I've ordered a few days' rest.

Take a look

at this blood specimen.

Seems to be way below normal

in corpuscle count.

That was taken from his arm

this morning.

Nothing much like the specimen we took

from him when he first arrived, is it?

No, it isn't.

I don't know

what to make of it.

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