Don Horacio 



barber's basin, to be preserved as 

 fitting souvenirs of King in the Cen- 

 tury Club ; and on my next visit to 

 California, in May, 1902, I made my 

 wish known to Don Horacio's close 

 friend and principal legatee, who was 

 also his duly appointed executor.* 

 He said : " You can easily get the 

 manuscript. My wife has it and will 

 be pleased to give it for your pur- 

 pose. As for the basin, I know noth- 

 ing about it. I have not seen it for 

 years, nor thought of it since Cutter's 

 death. My sister, who was with Cut- 

 ter when he died, may know what 

 became of the basin. I will ask her." 

 On inquiry, his sister said that she, 

 too, had, unfortunately, forgotten all 

 about the basin. She had been un- 

 able, after Don Horacio's death, to 

 visit his lodging- or give attention to 

 the disposition of his effects, and if 

 the basin were missing she would not 

 * Mr. William B. Bourn. 



