Show t 8 mf 64 MW CID CONDENSED CLASSICS do ALL SORTS AND conditions OF MEN X J X by WALTER I 1 4 condensation by charles H lincoln S sir walter drant ant novelist an and lover of 0 london and of I 1 the poor folk who mho lived la in the in anni 4 of the british metro 44 polli paAk was born bora at it portsmouth port month england AUK aug 14 1830 1836 ue he died a on june D IDOL besant was one of the most moat many aided men a 1 lili his time lie ile was educated at icing college L london 0 in d 0 ap gunj ad it at cn he taught in a college on the p alc plc c tur esque island of hp he anin secretary ecret ary of the palestine Ex explore plora tion uund fund lie earned the undying gratitude of core of at struggling faung writer by the society of Aut authors kors which kept thein from being duped by unscrupulous pub limber and editors editor lie a labored indefatigably to improve th the 1 conditions condition of the poor pools ot of hla his many noela 11 all sort and conditions of men bien stands out above the other a t tale 1 of the poor that tripped the mi n d m of his hid redden girl was the greatest heiress TUB 1 in england on the morrow she was to leave the university where in III anticipation 1 of assuming the responsibility of her fortune she had acquired all of the theory of political 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 brewery you cannot escape from ii big brewery if it belongs to you you cannot hide it away messenger marsden companas Comp anys stout their their old and mild theli their bitter their family ales alea that particularly at eight and six alx the allon cask if paid for on delivery their drays their huge horses their strong men inen these things stare one in the face wherever you go I 1 am B messenger marsden company myself the aole partner in what my lawyer sheet ly calls the concern aern ll 11 also there was an unconscionable sum of money in the tha Fut funds ids and whole bole streets of houses yet angela messenger never had been inside one of her pvn own houses never had visited her hei brewery she knew all the theories about people but she know people themselves 6 she resolved 1 I efface myself I 1 vanish I 1 disappear your sour angela angala will be a dressmaker and she will live by herself and become what her great grandmother was oneff one of the people this was in june 1881 for a long time to come fashionable london would see angela messenger no more but in district a cha charming young woman claiming 1 the name of kennedy appeared from nowhere in particular to open dressmaking rooms at mrs Bornia lacks boarding house she met the man the man had all of 0 personal refinement education and aristocratic poise that was to be expected in the favorito favorite member of the family of lord jocelyn le breton the age of twenty three he had been told the secret of his birth his only claim upon that home of wealth and di social ocial distinction was one of gratitude for in truth lie he had been the child of a sergeant in the english army and frist instead pad of le bretch Bret rH his name was wag goslett harry goslett the first namo nama being pronounced arry in the neighborhood where he be had bad been born free to make hla his choice he resol resolved veil to g go 0 back to tits ills awu wu people mrs aar s boarding house was old and mean thi the boarders numbered an elderly couple from a new hampshire town hugging the delusion that they were rightful owners of a peerage ind and awaiting the day when their rights would be recognized a of hand performer out of employment who bored hla his fellows by practicing his magic upon them a learned scholar from australia who claimed the discovery of the original tablets of stone upon tipon which the ten commandments thad bein been written but who was deprived of the glory due such an achievement by the jealousy of rival scho laral in the great brOwe brewery 27 who forder tora thirty years had labored under suspicion n of stealing certain valt valuables from st a safe bate of the concern holding on on to an ill III paid position thra through the decades without hope of 61 promotion or wit of discharge until guilt gallt might be proven or the in missing lesin 9 valuables disco discovered vero in such bach surroundings angela and harry naturally kIli grayl gravitated tiled each other without question they took pencil fate vale talo i their gallit falk naturally would woul coni c around ro und t to tha wealthy miss messenger J noaa 0 ot 6 6 the story except miss kenn kennedy had seen they would ape oil e iv 0 o allut eniy A ml U IAN iti mi matwy if lathey hall hait vie tie clr thi the 0 in 3 iker 1 hurry hu t ident alek tie lie hall op s a lack inch in fit vit UK life ife of the lie rust fast elit and 1 I of london w wt lik f itsuwo minion of people htwe we lam hil no pleasures a theater awl add it a duft hall half in road that hap hai to serve for two millions of pl noa it if this young heiress want wanted ed S t do any good she should bull build d a of pleasure h here e re let us ta talk lic over your palace 0 pleasure she said and as time went on they clabon ed cd and the idea idab as lh needs 0 of the people among whom lived became more apparent to them to him it was waa it a fanciful idea largel of interest because it gave him eunity to talk with the little dress maker to her it was the opportunity for which the greatest heiress iti in england had gone searching in but first came the stepney dress makers association never befort had london seen such a business con ducted upon such extraordinary prin chiples the young women employee i actually were encouraged to leav their work at certain hours t exercise and pl play ay they were nvere fur fished appetizing food ot bt the expend of the shop lawn tennis courts weri wen provided tor for them in the evening they were encouraged to dance ano sing and a share of the earning ol of the establishment was theirs miss kennedys Kenn edys backer in this venture t ure was supposed to be the wealthy miss messenger of 0 the brewery the h young cabinetmaker cabinet maker already deep in ID love with the dressmaker suggested that miss kennedy might persuade fl miss Dies messenger to start the palace of delight as he now called it what Is a palace of delight he was asked truly wonderful it Is said harry to think how monotonous are the I 1 gifts and bequests of rich men schools churches almshouses hospitals that la Is all that Is theli their monotonous round then he proceeded to give his imagination full sway in a daydream day dream that unknown to him to for the time being was to become a won darful reality through the magic of the messenger millions while the palace was growing bliss kennedy through her supposed influence with the unseen miss messenger was bringing sunshine into the lives of the poor olli folk of mrs Bonna lacka boarding house the seekers for a peerage were set up in the messenger mansion in the city and had a taste of all that wealth could bestow the discoverer of the tablets ot of stone had bad his discovery put into a book boob and was sent home to australia glowing with joy and pride the sleight of hand man was given j opportunity to prove his skill and proposed marriage anre n re turn all this through the dressmakers Jn fluence with the heiress of the brewery the young cabinetmaker cabinet maker for his part found the long missing valuables and freed theold the old clerk from the suspicions he had labored under for thirty years at the same time harry discovered proof that lie himself was a fairly well to do person ho he laid his heart and fortune at the feet of the dressmaker the day for the wedding was waa set all this time be it remembered the young man had no inkling of the girls identity identify nor did he know that his imaginary palace of delight actually was taking form in brick and stone the girl however hadlond had long since discovered tho the secret of harrys life harry saw hla his palace of delight only when all was completed it contained a great hall ball where a thousand couples could dance without crowding on wet days it was to be ft a playground for children there was a concert room with organ and piano and a platform rooms for painting drawing wood carving and all manner of sr small all arts in the palace of delight said angela we shall not be like a troop of revellers resellers rev ellers thinking of nothing but dance and song and feasting we shall learn something every day we shall all belong to the same class this Is our own palace the club of the working people we will not let anybody make money out of it we shall use it for ourselves and we shall vinke make our enjoyment by ourselves the first notes of the great organ of the palace were the wedding march of the girl and the man the first festivities within the walls attended their wedding feast and still the man whose imagination had gi given v en birth to these marvels had never guessed that his bride was anything but what she seemed the mth futh came to him only when la in the evening she came to him no longer clad as a simple dressmaker put but radiant in white satin mystic wonderful with white yell veil and white flowers and round her white throat a necklace of bf sparkling diamonds and diamonds in her herl hair take her my boy said bald lord jocelyn proudly but you yoa have married not bliss kennedy st at all allbut but angela Nea seager t harry took his bis brides hand in kind of stupor k forgive me harry 11 she sh sald bald asay 4 bay 1 you TOM forgive me then he raised her veil and kissed i her forehead before them all but he I 1 could not speak because all in a moment th thai wrense sense I 1 of what this would i meart meah poured upon his brainin a grei great it wave and ho he would I 1 fain aln have been alone cep Copy right nii isi 1919 br bj the ahw font boht publishing so ithe alie boston post copy 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