James D. Hague 



for whose entertainment he some- 

 times set it on his head, to show- 

 how it might have appeared to Don 

 Quixote and to that " eternal misbe- 

 liever" Sancho Panza, when worn 

 by the approaching barber. An ac- 

 quaintance who visited Don Hora- 

 cio in his room, about six months 

 before his death, relates that Mr. 

 Cutter called his attention to a 

 paper-wrapped parcel, saying " Do 

 you see this box ? It contains the 

 most precious treasure in San Fran- 

 cisco. It is the Helmet of Mambrino." 

 When Don Horacio was stricken 

 with his last illness he was taken by 

 his nearest friends from his lodging, 

 where proper care and nursing were 

 impossible, first to his club and thence, 

 a few days later, to the hospital where 

 he shortly after died. One of the 

 ladies of his most intimate family ac- 

 quaintance gave him her constant 

 care as nurse. This lady relates that 



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