The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-08-20

tunity to talk with the little dress
! maker. To her, it was the opportun
r ity for which the greatest heiress il
{ England had gone searching in White
: chapel.
: But first came the "Stepney Dress
. makers Association" Never befor,
> had London seen such a business, con
,, Quoted upon such extraordinary prin
ciples. The young women employee.
E actually were encouraged to leave
their work at certain hours, Il
) exercise and play. They were fur
nished appetizing food at the expense
, of the shop. Lawn tennis courts were
provided for them. In the evenings
they were encouraged to dance and
sing. And share Of the earning OF
the establishment was theirs.
Miss Kennedy's hacker in this ven
. ture was supposed to be the wealthy
Miss Messenger, of the brewery. The
young cabinet-maker, already deep In
love with the dressmaker, suggested
that Miss Kennedy might persuade
Miss Messenger to start. the Palace Of
Delight, as he now called it.
'What is Palace Of Delight" he
was asked.
Truly wonderful 1t is" said Harry,
ito think how monotonous are the
gifts and requests Of rich men.
Schools, churches, almshouses, hos
pitals-that is all; that is their
monotonous round" Then he proceeded
to give his Imagination full sway in
day-dream that, unknown to him for
the time being, was to become won
| derful reality through the magic of
the Messenger millions.
While the Palace was growing, Miss
Kennedy, through her supposed influ-
ence with the unseen Miss Messenger.
was bringing sunshine into the lives
Of the poor folk Of Mrs. Bormalack's
boarding house. The seekers for
peerage were set up In the Messenger
mansion In the city, and had taste
Of all that wealth could bestow. The
discoverer Of the Tablets Of Stone had
his discovery put into book. and was
sent home to Australia glowing with
joy and pride. The sleight-of-hand
man was given opportunity to prove
his skill, and proposed marriage in re.
turn. All this through the dressmak-
er's influence" with the heiress Of
the brewery.
The young cabinet-maker, for his
part, found the long-missing valuables
and freed the old clerk from the sus-
picions he had labored under for thir-
ty years. At the same time, Harry
discovered proof that he himself was
fairly well-to-do person.
He laid his heart and fortune at the
feet Of the dressmaker. The day for
the wedding was set.
An this time, be 1t remembered, the
young man had no inkljng Of the girls
identity; nor did he know that his
Palace Of Delight actually |
was taking form in brick and stone.
The girl. however, had long since dis |
covered the secret Of Harry's life.
Harry saw his Palace Of Delight |
only when all was completed. It con-
tanned a great hall, where a thousand |
couples could dance without crowd
Ing. On wet days 1t was to be a play
ground for children. There was con-
cert room, with organ and piano and
! platform; rooms for painting, draw
ng, wood-carving and all manner Of
mail arts.
I'm the Palace Of Delight" said An
CELIA, I'VE shall not be like a troop OF
jewellers, thinking of nothing but
lance and song and feasting. We
hall learn something every day; we
hall all belong to the same class
This is our own palace, the club Of
he working people; we will not let
anybody make money out Of 1t. We
hall use 1t for ourselves. and we shall
make our enjoyment by ourselves"
The first notes Of the great organ
4 the Palace were the wedding
march Of the girl and the man. The
Irst festivities within the walls at
ended their wedding feast.
And still the man whose imagina-
lon had given birth to these marvels
ad never guessed that his bride was
nything but what she seemed.
The truth came to him only when,
i the evening. she came to him no
niger clad as q simple dressmaker,
ut radiant in white satin, mystic,
'onderful, with white veil and white
overs, and round her white throat
necklace Of sparkling diamonds, and
lamonds In her hair.
'Take her, my boy" said Lord
Dcelyn proudly. "But you have mar
ed-not Miss Kennedy at all-but
ngela Messenger. ,
Harry took his brides hand In q
Ind Of stupor. !,
Forgive me, Harry" she said, SAY ,
~ forgive me-" ,
Then he raised her veil and kissed :
r forehead before them all. But he
,uld not speak, because all in mo-
ent the sense Of what this would
can poured upon his brain in IA great |,
ave, and he would fain have been :
one :
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