, 1879-07-18

and recalled tue only similar case TINT could
think Of-that OF Napoleon; but Mr.. l}akrr,
90 fat from secnlng to think that Tits VAS unt
alsep enough, dwoit rather upon .le aifllrulty
eonetimea driven to the tevico Of wearyIug biz
brain with The most fantastic thoughts, In order
to cajolo sinmber. ne would lie down unon tia
lounge, mud. shutting up bis cscs. fotu tlo most
tEon Of Ills park, and no fall asleep. Between il
and at night ara his luict. hours. he told tile,
when he locks hImtclf In. his room and reat1a
' s,,t1 wrises; AZ other hours ,hs a ocset By
and keep him hylng from ptlar to post in Tia
effort to evatla tj,ern. At o'clock every m1rn.
Ing he goes into boston to bis otfleo. Hc makes
4 sort Of little ol'lcc fur h1nself on tho wny. In
Ing out bis paDcrs mud manuscripts on tho scat
opposisc. correcting, proofs, making notes, mud
doing odds and ends Of routine during tic hal:
hour that Tho train takcs TO reach the city but
oven hero, understand, the rich Inau is pur-
alcd, md his trip to Boston each nornIngis
sort Of lovee, 70 that often ho Gali.ers up hts
papcrs when the station Is rcacfcd without !nY-
ng accomplished thing. lie remains only
bis ttmo Is spent In bis Wellesley Park, IN tl,a
pursuit Ut schemes which Ills mind scattofs ~
thick "a lcaTes Id Vallamhrosa.
Altar dtuncF, No walked form eouple Of houss.
vcty lawn, a bcautifaI brown bear suddenly
!ooned uo against the hoflzou just ahead Of III.
It waa pothlng. Tho park IL full Of such sur.
prlsee. Tho animal had only clambsred up "
middle Of it's alnco pit, and, which came just
nhnvo the level Of tic ground. Wc camo upon
afountain, which VAS anything but attractive rs
occo Of architecture; but IL sccma that cach
SO that to anY one who IL yersed iu tho fouu.
tain 1t has considerable Gcograohtcal and nnti-
auartan interest. Altar that NO dtvcd into 4
Thick nnderbrush, In order to look at d troa
hHf1 1h11f 1rFrA nil kfA
Of woodland to. Get a ellmpse Of three bird
houses, which Mr. Bakor said represented alle
High Church, the Low Church. mud the Broad
Church. The reason xllY the bird.iouscs repro
higher on treo than the Others, that ono Is
nailed lower down. and that ono Is broader
btrd-house tllan tic other two. Mr. Baker drew
my attention to the fact that these churches
ing. While the branches to which they were nail.
od were all dead. Then he asked me II that VAT
not dood idea for a kindergarten.
Wo passed. under 4 carved arch, like the portal
Of 4 church TINT had been pulled down In Hos
ton. The boat-horse was made out Of tho
shelves Of contcctloner's shop, ind was cov-
cred over on the Outside with. pictures Of per-
tendcd fur quarter Of mile, in addition to all
tie splendors that auybojy could expoct To find
In the cave of Aladdin, was choked up with
o7ery variety Of those painted wooden images
kuAb AooA LUUAGcuH1btt' blkHSs
had not time to visit tho wonderful pgaty,
that padded car which turns tho passenger over
and over, nud Tie hundred otller wonders tint
Gre contained In Mr. Bakers park. Ws went
to the stable, which u also bEEliarl.room md
museum, and were driven over to the hotel.
This is ono OF Mr. Bakcr's latest schemes. II Is
an enormous p!acc, and will easily accommodate
all the Governors md Congress- Into tho
bargain II tnoy como To the Health Convention,
Mr. Baker built 1t In order 10 havo place
where he could mako now discoveries In cook
cry, and also carry out certain theories tn re-
gard to the lays Of heaith. 1t Is an educational
hotel, und tho watters ase all college UNDER
graduates, who thus earn In the summer sonc-
thing to carry them along at college during tho
winter. But with all this, none Of Its necuslar-
itics ara ohtruaed on you, md DO not Wonder
With even the Boston people q Iavorito summer
resort.
Let mo conclude bv prophocying that when
the Governors come there will not be one among
them who will fall OF liking Mr.. Baker, for lie Is
ono Of tho most entertaining aud genial Of mcu.