James D. Hague 



Pending hoped-for results I re- 

 turned to New York, where, shortly 

 after, I received the desired manu- 

 script with the discouraging informa- 

 tion that no sign of the basin had 

 yet appeared. I wrote in response, 

 urging that no effort or expense be 

 spared in continuing the search until 

 the basin should be found ; and, about 

 a fortnight later I had the great 

 pleasure of receiving a telegram from 

 Don Horacio's executor, reading 

 " Helmet found — will be forwarded 

 to-morrow." 



The morrow and several following 

 days passed, however, without further 

 advice until, about the end of June, 

 the expected parcel arrived, contain- 

 ing the promised basin, with a note 

 explaining that the delay had been 

 occasioned by the time required 

 for the proper identification of the 

 " Helmet," which, it appeared, had 

 at last turned up in a well-known 

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