Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-01-24

by EDMUND YATE-
In the summer of ls6l the heat through
out Europe was intense perhaps At no
place more intense than at Baden Baden.
The little English colony temporarily located
there suffered tremendously. Mr.. Justice
Minos. who with Mr. and NlrS Sergeant
Bewbaggage. Mr. Toc~in, q. c., Mr.. Re
pleyin, the rising junior, and a few other kim
dred legal spirits, used TO get up such Spien-
did whist parties at the BadiScher hop, de-
cared he never felt ANYTHING ike X, even at
the Central Criminal Court Little lklass.
the red-bearded artist, just elected member Of
the q" New Water Color declared that 1t
was too hot 70 sketch, and used To sit in hiS
room in his Shirt-seeyes, drinking cognac
and iced seltzer. and smoking hc.pleSSly.
Dr. Fecm. the great London physician.
shook hi, head warningy when he saw any
of his friends out for picnic- in the Black
Forest. and babe them beware Of ~uuStroke; ;
while old lady Dodrum sat calmly without
her wig in her own shady apartments. 10 the
terror Of those who caught glimpse Of her
through the open door, and declared she
was nearly dead with the heat.
Now. though it must be conceded that
none of these people had probably ever eN-
periencet such an amount ol heat a- 10
make them speak positively as 20 the point
Of comparison. Vet IL you have ever been IN
Seville or Madrid during the month of July
YOU Will allow that the denlzenS ol eijhfr "i
those places may be- regarded as Judges o'
ealoric and here at Baden were the Sonora
Sebastiana Gonialon and her brother Diego.
who both declared that throughout the
length ana breadth ol SPAN lhet Mlu never
found 1t 50 hot as m that hllle gaih'iihS "'-
fsrHo on the margin OF the Back Forest
Such woman. Seia-tiaua G0nialon >
About four and twenty. and OF the Zeal
sanQre g-m. the old Spanish type. Very
slight, pencillel eyebrows. q short and
slightly reirolSse nose. large prorudins lips.
a little rounded chin. and blue-bark hair
banded tight round her head and fastened
into large bow behind. About the ordina-
~ woman~ height. >trong-limbel, with
small hands and feet. wonderfully 1.-the and
supple in her movements. and with pecu-
liar. swimming walk. which set all the w,-
men in Baden. from the respectable stock
brokeress from Balham Hill m 60 To those
odd French people" from the Rue Brcla.
rractisinp In their bedrooms. without the
ainte>t approaeh e, the original. 4 nce
very calm and sratue-our I'm rcro-.. very fer
ribie when In r'vitb amor borri,l, dam
,ar,,s Who, ,neIripc witb I,y, Tbev
hadn't .ecn mrcb of amy evur..-i.n .,ye
her or,linary rero-a at BADEN bat litrle
.Tact'Harri. from rl,4 Inland Irri.,ti.n Office
said he could lerfectly fancy what II ,vould
he and he wouldn't for tho6-an3, have any
am lave oiair-rberc, Titrle lack IIor-
ris nesJ mot have tr,,,lleI himself lie was
introduced 10 Sebastian. and ar tb,. time Of
rb4 Introduction She had p,r+erel b.bind
her fan IN her brother ,,marhino about nj,
beinc n droll-lookipo lirrle creature but
fr,n, +l.,t I,.,,- .l.. M ~ .1.....l =. 4.
rr,f,rpdl, i,r,s,-,..i.,.,-. .r his .vi.re,...
II had been hotter rl,su ever dgrin., tl,.
dav. but tbe day wa. IanniIy ras.s,l and
oyer and tbe r,.,,, ,,.. --Ia,,,,i,, ,,,, Il, rb,
broad travelled rlarz in lr,Dr or tbe CON
yer,ati6u-bar. and fb,. land Stationed in
their little Observation-Disclosures kiosk were
r,++Iin,, ,,,,v ar ,ir,,,--. ,,,lr,e- aud I ,bi--
ks GALLONS. and the ,.,mIler- ,yer.. throne
mo the r,ulette and trente-et-puar,lnts
tables and of the men gamblers alI s,rb us
L,l Ill. ,;.i. +i..., - -. l-,.,,l
listening t., the music. while the others were
seated round the little wooden tables. drink
inc and smoking. Al one of the-. tables
four men were sitting. who. in this tale. at
least. merit particular notice. The little
PAPER lantern. holding the cirar-liehting
candle. flare, ON tbebrlad. he1Itlrily-b0nzed
face (yhere through the tfick-curlins LIGHT
beard, the face can D., -een) of Arthur Ac-