Don Horacio 



making of a fortune, only to lose it 

 again in the mishap of a moment. 

 The situation seemed still more sig- 

 nificant when among the bankrupt's 

 worthless assets there was found an 

 outlawed note of his friend Cutter 

 for $150. 



In personal appearance Don Ho- 

 racio was moderately tall, rather 

 slender, sometimes almost gaunt, al- 

 though always of kindly countenance, 

 with thin gray hair and scanty beard. 

 But for the picturesque drapery of the 

 long cloak he might have posed for 

 the Century Magazine s artistic draw- 

 ing of the guide and companion of 

 King's journey in La Mancha, " Sal- 

 azar, — a poor gentleman, humbled by 

 fate, yet rich in the qualities of senti- 

 ment which make good men and good 

 friends." There was no suggestion 

 of Spanish romance in Don Horacio's 

 dress, which was invariably a plain 

 dark suit, with short sack coat and 

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