New-York tribune., 1910-07-27
LITTLE BOBBY ESCAPES
Col. Dyrenforth Left but Small
Estate to Garry Out Odd VIII.
PLANNED sTEPSON'S CAREER
Boy Was to Live Strenuous Elk
istence or Lose Fortune, Wh1cn
Now Seems Mythical.

WASHINGTON, July 2S.--After having DC
creed III his will that his adopted son. ROD
ert st. George Dyrenforth, should receive
the bulk of his estate provided the pos
finish Harvard at eighteen, remain a non
Catholic and fulfil a number OF other cum
bersome conditions. It now appears that the
late Colonel Robert G. Dyrenforth left
little property.
Furthermore. his widow has filed suit 10
compel the reconveyance to her of a large
tract of land here, which appears to have
been about the extent Of Dyrenforths pos
sessions The land which che claims Is
hers b;' right and whicn was conveyed Tor
family reasons to a brother-ln-law. is val
1ed at between $4,000 and s35.ooo, but is
encunbered TO the extent of $4,000.
She knows of no other assets Should
any other exist, her counsel says she
might collect arrears of alinony In which
Mr. Dyrenforth is said to have defauAed
to her He was ordered by the court n
1909 to pay her $50 a month,
Little Bobby as Robert St George
Dyrenforth Is known. readily agreed to the
conditions contained In Colonel Dyren-
fortf's will when he was informed of them
early this month. He was led to believe
that he would receive about 10000 If he
was successful and though he Is only eight
year old now and a grammar school stu
dent, he expressed himself as confident
that ho could get through Harvard by
the time he was eighteen years old. This
he considered the hardest condition Of the
will
Guard him from women was striking
Injunction in the will he could not under
stand for his grandfather had insisted that
he should also be taught dancing. How
can a boy go to dancing school, the lad
asked without making friends with the
girls?"
The will, whose provisions it now seems
there are not means to carry out. provided
that after receiving his degree from Har-
ward at the age Of eighteen he was to
study law at oxford for six months.
Returning 10 the United States. the boy
was to enter and be graduated from the
West Point Military Academy, and after
the shortest possible proper service in the
army resign and be thoroughly educated
IN the law, which he was directed to fol-
low as his profession. Finally, it was spe-
officially provided that should the boy
become q Roman Catholic before he was
twenty-eight, when he was to receive the
bulk of his foster fathers fortune. every
dollar should go TO the Supreme Council
Of the Scottish Rite In this jurisdiction.
Colonel Dyrenforth especially imposed up
on the executors ''thoughtfully and well to
guard my beloved son from women. and
sensiby-that is, quietly, gradually and i'm
pressively, though in no erratic extreme
to let him be informed and know the in
direct, artful and parasitica1 nature of most
OF the unfortunate sex and TO care that
he may not marry beneath him.
The boy was to have the income from
the entire estate until he was twenty
eight. when the bequests to him became
absolute. The income. however, was to go
to him on a graduated scale of allowances
which were carefully worked out in the
Will.
While readily agreeing 10 do all the things
his foster father directed, Little Bobby
may he content to lead a less strenuous OK
istence than that planned for him, espe-
eially as it now seems he will not be re-
quired to forfeit large fortune should he
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