Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-11-09
PART Ill
tHAtrER T.
TlE pEI.RoYS


CHAPTER /.
TEE QELl}oYS
Although Riadard Delroy was known
among his more familiar associates as
Dickie, he was not as that dminutive
might seem TO Indicate merely a good
fellow and mann about town. Ill IS true
that his wealth WAS great. ANA that he
had never settled down 10 that
Mrs Dcray AIiss Croydon was OF that
steady struggle for money which had
marked hits fathers career. ana which
many persons seem 10 think the only
M,iug employment for man I'm his
position lFg nad concluded. wisely per-
haps that he had enough. and there
upUn proceeded 10 am intelligent enjoy
mout Uf ill.,
He had au office i'm the wall street
district. where he spent some hours
daily I'M interested contemplation Of the
worlds markets ANA urepDapt talks
with investors, promoters ana beggars
of various denominations. He had
fondness for books and art finer and
deeper than q mere mania for pur-
chasing rare editions and unique mas
tarpiDces ha was "a member Of tho
citizens union ana contributed freely
10 every effort to suppress political
graft and r0rruptiou. he was yice
HlItflllO N| ilt ulkEIN1lE settlement
society aud belonged 10 many other
polltiCo-cyangelical ORGANIZATIONS. He
had built two or three model rpNemeutS
after that voyage Of discovery among
the slums of London which had also
resulted rs we have seen in his meet
ING the woman who became his wife.
hroong these varied onrun,tir,s no
u1.r,agfg to mass Ills tirga ,,Ia.,s,.,tI,-
ANA AZ fra same tir1s nv ,Inn,osr.,f,IS,'
M 4 word if he aid notbipo yer, s.noG
neither 5fd he Io 9uyt,f,,g ,sr, 6.d
indeed ~ averaeeI I'M ao,,ai'lar'Tl,.
hatfar man r,,st ,1e,, ,F Ne ,I,., .','!,
n NAV he addcd ~ n@siti,., ,.f,.t,,.
that he had naTried ror jora ana ,,on,
tir,Ia9 tn rapa13 his ,,ifa t,..tl, a., ~.
linn sor,a,,.E9t ,,rus,g..I il, H. t,t,rtit,.
-t $50. ,..,..l,
y great illily people wondered why
ne ne nad married Edith CROYDON but
sDey "r'T ,Il"slIE ti'Ise VINO Had never
hlet hsf. She Wouid pc c"iiea attractive
ISlher lean neaolllut, with quiet
tllltill oI manner Nhleh was ietl most
,Ile'lSeiy ~ we pliNdey OF her own
'loiIie; .I enc vas quile lne opposite OF
NINacIouS, Net mere was ABOUT her no
aPpeai nee oi SadileSs ana her smile,
"heH y came, was the sWeeler and
more Wslt"Ihe because ionS delayed.
enc S"Ne one q Cellail sense or Ea!ulhg
u, OF iiot wasting ~ certainty. she
'''' - ''ii
sHtielt happA iHall, WhiCh Is perhaps,
,ue hIgnes' praise mat can be given
MIe' II Is almost needless y add
sio' SHS tllpIouSihS sSHipalhlHed win
niNi ~ hlS eApeIHleilts TOT the better
inelll oi INC ColulIl2h OF the poor, ana
olat olat iier tase htd hol inteIIeFed
Win net own "StINS "oFh IN the same
uli Itioii'
feI SISTER "7S cast IN dluefeut
lilouiu. ilei " s'u'S Nuh an instant ap-
~ ~ eSi'tt y tI9ll ~ Ssats younger than
" -. DSlioH' MISS toSuoH was ot mat
sltihiis' ueSIsINe ~ pc OF brunette
"hich taxes a man heaft by storm.
Ohe Would thllk oI nef as anything
put caring ana sei-rehant-a
eNeh-ready Ior amy emergency and
Wllilng TO nleet II squafely ,open-eyed.
a man looklns az hef would feel ris-
Ing IN ms pteasl not that instinct OF
protectlon Which most women awaken,
out rather that instinct Or The con-
quefof Whlch IS perhaps, our heritage
ifon me Nlkln2s
IL was 70 Richard Delroy that Tre-
maine had appiled FOR assistance in
promoting me martinique railroad.
HoW ne gained an introduction, do
not know perhaps from some uncriticaI
man IN the street; bUt gain ii he did
ana ne used the opportunity TO good
advantage. can easily imagine the
perfection or Wlzardfy ne brought to
bear upon l)eiroy-the persuasive elo-
quence, the irresistible fascination In
the end, he succeeded not only IN per-
suading Delroy OF the perfect feasibility
OF The scheme, but IN gaining admis-
sion 10 Deiroy family,
II mad been achieved IN this wise: