The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-07-30

TIME girl was the greatest heiress
in England. On the morrow
she was to leave the university
where, In anticipation of assuming
the responsibility of her fortune, she
had acquired all of the theory of polit-
ical economy that text books could
give her. Speaking to a girl friend,
she summed up the sources of her
wealth:
''To begin with, there is the Brew
cry. You cannot escape from a big
brewery II 1t belongs to you. You
cannot hide 1t away. Messenger,
Marsden & Company's Stout, their
xxx, their Old and Mild, their Bit
ter, their Family Ales Chat particu-
larry at eight-and-six the nine-gallon
cask, If paid for on delivery, their
drays, their huge horses, their strong
men-these things stare one in the
face wherever you go. 1 am Messen-
ger. Marsden & Company, myself, the
sole partner in what my lawyer sweet
ly calls the Concern"
Also there was an unconscionable
sum Of money in the Funds. And
whole streets of houses.
Yet Angela Messenger never had
been inside one Of her own houses.
Never had visited her brewery. She
knew all the theories about people,
but she didn't know people them
selves. She resolved:
II efface myself. vanish. I dis
appear. Your Angela will be a dress
maker, and she will live by herself
and become-what her great grand
mother was-one Of the people"
This was In June, 1881.
For q long time to come, fashion
able London would see Angela Mes
senger no more.
But In Whitechapel district, a
charming young woman claiming the
name Of Kennedy appeared from no
where In particular. to open dress
making rooms.
At Mrs. Bormalack's boarding house
she met the man.
The man had all Of personal refine
ment, education and aristocratic poise
that was to be expected In the favor
lite member Of the family Of Lord
Jocelyn LIE Breton. Reaching the age
Of twenty-three, he had been told the
secret Of his birth; his only claim
upon that home Of wealth and social
distinction was one Of gratitude. For,
In truth, he had been the child Of a
sergeant in the English army; and
instead of LIE Breton, his name was
Goslett-Harry Goslett, the first name
being pronounced AIRY in the neigh
borhood where he had been born.
Free to make his choice, he resolved
to go back to his own people.
Mrs. Bormalack's boarding house
was old and mean.
The boarders numbered an elderly
couple from q New Hampshire town,
hugging the delusion that they were
rightful owners Of a peerage, and
awaiting the day when their rights
would be recognized; sleight-of-hand
performer out Of employment, who
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magic upon them; learned scholar
from Australia, whe claimed the dis
covery Of the original tablets Of stone
upon which the Ten Commandments
had been written, but who was de-
prived of the glory due such an
achievement: by the jealousy Of rival
scholars; a clerk In the great brewery,
who for thirty. years had labored un-
der suspicion Of stealing certain valu-
ables from a safe Of the Concern
holding on to an iIl-paid position
through the decades, without hope of
promotion or fear Of discharge, until
guilt might be proven or the missing
valuables discovered.
In such surroundings, Angela and
Harry naturally gravitated toward
each other. Without question, they
took each other at face value.
Their talk naturallys would come
around to the wealthy Miss Messenger
whom none of those concerned with
the story except Miss Kennedy ever
had seen. They would speculate as