Dr. Sartor and Mayo Clinic -- Collaboration and inspiration -- Pierre Sartor : a timeline -- The lockbox : memories and mysteries -- Setting forth -- "... if you make that one well ..." -- Procession of the faithful and a mother's funeral -- Healing, learning and leaving -- Aboard a tramp steamer -- First impressions and the World's Fair -- Matters of the heart : medical school and romance -- Marriage and career : fulfillment and frustration -- A new home -- Calling Dr. Sartor -- Family life -- The Great War comes home to small-town America -- Time to move? -- "My Titonka" -- "My 'flu life'" -- "Here was the long-expected 'real flu'" -- "Somehow it spread like wildfire on wild prairie land" -- Pierre's family : pushed to the limit -- "Doing nicely" -- A song for Pierre -- The lockbox : a continuing journey.