Don Horacio 



King to his friends, W. D. Howells 

 and John Hay, introducing Mr. Cut- 

 ter to their personal acquaintance, and 

 ever since carefully kept, awaiting 

 opportunities which never came : 



" San Francisco. 



" My dear Howells, 



" You made a great mistake in not 

 coming- to California with Pres't 

 Hayes. Not in missing the Yosemite, 

 not in failing to pour out a libational 

 cocktail at (that Ultima Thule of the 

 Aryan migration) the Cliff House, 

 but in losing the chance to meet 

 some choice spirits at table with me. 

 I had five or six good men and true to 

 lie in wait for you and drag you away 

 from royalty and make a dinner. 



" However I love you and will 

 partly make it up to you. The best 

 of all my symposium is the good 

 friend Mr. Horace F. Cutter who will 



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