South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-03-07

IN England. on the morrow she
was 90 leave the university where.
IN anticipation OF assuming the re-
sponsibility OF her fortune. she had
acquired all OF the theory of politi-
cal economy that text books could
give her. Speaking 90 a grill friend.
she summed up the sources Of her
wealth.
To begin with. there IL the
Brewery. You cannot escape from
big brewery if 30 belongs 20 you
You cannot hide il away. Ncssen-
ger. Marsdcn & cos stout their
NIX. their old and Mild their Bit
ter. their Family AIes (that partic-
ularly az cight-and-siN the nine gal
lou cask. If pad for on delivery,
sheir drays, their huge horses. their
strong men-these things stare one
in the face wherever you go. 7 am
Messenger Narzden q Co, myself.
The sole partner in what nay lawyer
swcetiy calls the Concern"
Also there was an unconsionable
sum of money in the funds. And
whole streets OF houses. They lay
all about Whitechapcl way Her
grandfather had bought houses just
as other people buy apples
Yet Angela Messenger never had
been inside one OF her own houses
Never had visited her brewery She
knew an the theories about people,
but she didn't know people them
selves. She resolved.
I'll eaacc myself. I vanish. 7 dis
dressmaker. and she VIII live by
herself and bccome-what her great
grandmother was-onc of the pcO-
plo"
This was in June. 1881.
For q long time to come fashion
able London would see Angela Mes
scnger no more.
But in Whitechapol district
charming young woman claiming
Tie name of Kennedy appeared
from nowhere fn particular. 10 open
drcssmabing rooms.
At Mrs. Bormalack's boarding
house she met the man.
The man had all OF personal re-
dnemeut. education and aristOcratic
pOise that was to be expected i'm the
favorite member OF the family OF
Lord JoCelyn Ic Breton. Reaching
The age Of %, he had been told the
secret Of his birth. his only claim
upon that home Of wealth and So
cjal distinction was one of gratitude
For. in truth. he had been the child
IF "a sergeant in the English army:
and instead of lie Breton, his name
was Goslett-Uarry Goslett, the first
name being pronounced AIRY i'm the
neighbOrhOOd where he had been
born.
Free 20 make his choice here. he
resolved to go back to his own peo-
pie.
Mrs. Bormalack's boarding house
was old and mean. Everything was
old and shabby: everything wanted
polishing washing Frightening up.
The bOarders numbered elder
- couple from q New Hampshire
town. hugging the dclusion that
they were rishtful owners OF a peer
age, and awaiting the day when
their rights would be recognized; a
slcight-of-haud performer out o.
employment, who bored his fellows
bv practicing his magic upon them;
"a learned scholar from Australia,
who claimed the discovery of the
original tablets Of stone upon which
the Ten Commandments had been
written. but who was deprived of
the glory due such an achievement
by the jealousy of rival scholars; a
clerk in the great brewery. who for
20 years had labored under sus-
picion of stealing certain valuables
from "a safe Of the concentrating
on 20 an ill-paid position through
the decades. without hope OF pro-
motion or fear Of discharge. until
gIlt might be proven or the miss
ing yaluables discovered.
In such surroundings. Angela and
Harry naturally gravitated toward
each other. Without question, they
took each other at face value. she,
20 dressmaker with a little money to
set herself up in business. he, a cab
iuet-maker with wages of a shilling
an hour for mending broken furni-
ture and doing similar Jobs at the
brewery.
Their talk naturally would come
around 10 the wealthy Miss Messen-
ger-whom none Of those concern
Ell with the story except Miss Ken
uedy ever had seen. They would
specuiate as 10 what they would do
with her money, il they had the
opportunity.
The cabinet-maker. Harry. had
ideas. He had observed lack in
the life Of the East End OF London.
with its two millions OF people. eve
have no pleasures a theater and a
music hall in Whitechapel Road.
That has 70 serve for two millions
81 people Now II this young heir