The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-10-08
LOVED MANY GIRLS
HOW THE YOUTH FROM DERBY
SHIRE Lac RATED HEARTS

| Fair Maidcns of Wichita Heard He was a
Duke Presumptive and They Lined Ur
to be sDukesses" Prospective-But In
Time this Ducal spriS Lost His Job In
Devii-Then the Modern Prince of Como
Stood Forth Unn.asked Before Weak,
Inearnate Vanity.
Where is Mr. Eldrid. the young mar
who recently shook the dust Of Derby
shire from his hunting boots and came
over 10 America 10 learn something
about fast horses?
Mr.. Eidrid was in the batch OF FIVE
young men who recently threw OF the
yoke OF her Britanic magesty's govern
ment and came 10 Kansas.
He was what his companions call a
deucedly clever English chap He
brought good clothes with him. rather
sweet English accent. laundry OF i'm
maculate white, a bewitching English
hunting cap. leggins that Wed in go--
geous adornments with those OF Sioux
chief, and. withal. blue eye that was
cOrker-a dead shot every time II
flashed in group OF ladies. 1t became
noised abroad. especially in social cir
cles, that Mr.. Eldrid was the only
nephew OF a rich bachelor duke. II
caught Ike wildfire in a bundle OF ex-
celsior shavings and in three days every
maria geable girl in town knew it.
Now, then. there is more than one girl
in Wichita who has the ducal fever.
For about five DAYS fully 800 Of them
INDUCED in the dream-basked in the
hOpe-twirled in the expectation-of be-
ing a duchess some day, Never was
Moorish citadel attacked by Spanish
cavaliers with such enthusiasm as the
heart Of this same Mr.. Eldrid. He met
one or two or perhaps three OF them;
they saw and they conquered
But Mr.. Eldrid did not come here TO
Kansas for his health. He could get
all ne wanted OF that following the
'ounds over the heath of his native Der
byshire He came here not TO con-
quor the hearts Of ladies, but 10 solve
the vulgar problem of getting slice OF
bread and a chunk Of butter regularly
three times day for some fifty OF sixty
years 70 come.
Harry Diedrick and Otto EcksteIn
were the agents for the society in Eng
land under whose plan of operations
Mr.. Eldrid came 10 Wichita. They were
the American end of the affair, and. as
such. IL became their duty 10 find Mr..
Eldrid employment. He hungered for
life on a horse ranch and in due time he
succeeded in securing employment with
Mr.. Lehman of Newton. He went there.
but not until he was a love-sick young
man. He had met with an heiress up
in the fashionable quarters of the
Fourth ward and he gave her his heart.
al az NaVr-
ton he asked permission of his employer
10 come 10 Wichita. He could not en-
dure absence from his sweet heart a
moment longer and he secured an IRON
clad leave of absence for only one day.
and that was Sunday. What Is one
day 10 a smitten lover? Nothing. II is
but as smell TO the drunkard. a pen
NY 10 the riser. a taste TO the gormond
and a puff 10 the opium fiend. He did
not have the power of Joshua OF old TO
make the sun stand still and before he
was aware Of the flight OF time two days
had passed away and with them his job
with Mr.. Lehman.
What did ne do next? He didn't do a
thing but strike for Kansas City and
the mournful northeast breezes that
come whistling through the whiskers Of
the honest yoemanry of Kansas whis-
pered that he is there. ON LOrd-a devil
in a printing Office. His lady love can
now appreciate the feelings OF the Lady
of Lyons when she unmasked the
Prince of Como-the gardeners son-the
good. gay, love-sick adventurer Claud
Melnott.
This might seem very romantic to all
the world but II is not. The Eagle re-
porter has ii from very good authority
that Harry Diedrick does not appre-
ciste it TO any enthusiastic extent In
deed IL is said that in appreciation OF
his kindness Mr.. Eldrid has left him an
aTistocratic legacy in the shape Of a
board bin at the Carey hotel. Rumor
has il also that he actually borrowed
the money which paid his way to Kan
sas City from one OF the many girls he
loved or rather that loved him. This.
however. Is not sertain. Then, again.
II is said he pulled the legs OF his En-
glish companions Tor some currency
without reference to intenra tional agree
ment. They knew him not before meet
ing him on the steamer and they would
know him not now IL they should hap
pen 10 meet him on the street with a
ducal crest upon his person.
The mother of James and Charles
Wolff of Polo Ogle county. Illinois. ar
rived in the city last evening surpris-