The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-08-10
THE girl was the greatest heiress
in England. On the morrow

IN EngldnQ. 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-
:cal economy that text books could
give her. Speaking to girl friend,
she summed up the sources of her
wealth:
ITO begin with, there is the Brew
cry. You cannot escape from a big
brewery II it belongs to you. You
cannot hide it away. Messenger,
Aarsden & Company's Stout, their
xxx, their Old and Mild, their Bit
ter, their Family Ales (that particu-
larry at eight-and-six the nine-gallon
cask, II paid for on delivery, their
drays, their huge horses. their strong
men-these things stare one In the
face wherever you go. I am Messen-
ger. Marsden 4 Company, myself, the
sole partner in what my lawyer sweet
" calls the Concern"
Also there was an uncomfortable
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 ehace myself. I vanish. 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 a long time to come, fashion.
able London would see Angela Mes
senger no more.
But In Whitechapel district
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
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 60 back to his vwc people.
Mrs. Bormalacl.'s boarding house
was old and mean.
The boarders numbered an elderly
couple from a New Hampshire town,
hugging the delusion that they were
rightful owners of peerage, and
awaiting the day when their rights
would be recognized; a straightforward
performer out Of employment. who
bored his fellows by practcing his
magic upon them: q learned scholar
from Australia, who claimed the dis.
covery of the original tablets of stone
upon which the Ten Commandments
had been written. but who was de.
prlved Of the glory due such an
achievement by tie Jealousy of rival
scholars; clerk in the great brewery.
who for thirty years had labored un.
der suspicion Of stealing certain valu.
ahles from a safe Of the Concern
holding on to On ill-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, obey
TOOK each other at face value.
Their talk naturally would come
Ground to the wealthy Miss Messenger
none Of those concerned with
the story except Miss Kennedy ever
had seen. They xould spe .u,ate E.,