The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-08-20
ME girl was the greatest heiress
In England On the morrow

she was to leave the universit,
where, In anticipation of assuming
me responsibility Of her fortune, she
nad acquired all Of the theory of polit
ical economy that text books could
give her. Speaking to q girl friend
sne summed up the sources of her
wealth:
10 begin with, there is the Brew
eEy. You cannot escape from a biz
brewery If it belongs to you. You
cannot hide 1t away. Messenger,
Aarsden & Company's Stout, their
III. their Old and Mild, their Bit
to. their Family Ales (that particu-
larry at eight-and-six the nine-gallon
cal, Il paid for on delivery, their
drayA their huge horses, their strong
men-these things stare one in the
1Ace wherever you 60 l am Messen-
o.: Marsden 4 Company, myself, the
sole partner In what my lawyer sweet
y calls the Concern"
Also there was an uncomfortable
snm 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. I 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 mo-
where In particular, to open dress
making rooms.
At Mrs. Bormalack's boarding house
she met the man.
1 The man had all Of personal refine
ment, education and aristocratic poise |
that was to be expected In the favor
lte member Of the family Of Lord |
Jocelyn LIE Breton. Reaching the age
81 twenty-three, he had been told the
secret Of his birth; his only claim
mon that home Of wealth and social
was one Of gratitude. Fox,
Il truth, he had been the child OF
sergeant In the English army; and
instead Of LIE Breton, his name vas
3oslett-Harry Goslett, the first name
,efng pronounced AIRY In the neigh
,orhood where he had been born.
Free to make his choice. he resolved
8 70 back to his own people.
Mrs. Bormalack's boarding house
vas old and mean.
The boarders numbered an elderly
ouDle from q New Hampshire town,
Iu9ging the delusion that they were
ixhtful owners Of peerage, and
waiting the day when their rights
vould be recognized; sleight-of-hand
erformer out Of employment, who
ored his fellows by practicing his
,agic upon them: q learned scholar
rom Australia, who claimed the dis
pyery Of the original tablets Of stone ,
non which the Ten Commandments
ad been written, but who was de-
lived Of the glory due such an
.hievement by the jealousy Of rival ,
.holars q clerk In the great brewery,
no for thirty years had labored UNI
Il suspicion Of stealing certain valu- /
bles from q safe Of the Concern
siding on to an ill-paid position ,
rough the decades, without hope OF
romotion or fear Of discharge, until i
hit might be proven or the missing :
liuables discovered. In
In such surroundings, Angela and d
airy naturally gra Htated toward :
lch other. Without question, they :
OK each other at face value. :
Their talk naturally would come
ound to the wealthy Miss Messenger
whom pone Of those concerned with
: story except Miss Kennedy ever
ID seen. They would speculate Is