The Washington times., 1910-07-10
PROVISIONS OF The Will.

PROVISIONS OF HE WILL
CITE VIII is Ike the man. say those
1t IS closely typewriter upon two
sides Of the paper Evidently, in order
thai It may in no way be changed, Col
SoneI Dyrenforth has written upon tire
Fnargin Of each page:
This is page No. - Of the VIII OF
Robert H Dyrenforth."
one OF its first stipuIations IS that his
heir. also his foster son and grandson,
shan not look upon his dead face The
VIII says
EFT IS my earnest desire that my son
shall not see me afteE I am dead, as /
wish him 10 remember me as I am IN
life and TO have no memory OF my dead
face
The document then proceeds 10 emu
Tnerate the things the boy must 90 in
order to come into possession Of the
estate, which is not 10 be permitted
years OF age
Education and Religion
Mapped Out for Prospective Heir.
he IS TO graduate from the high
schools at fourteen. leave Harvard at
eighteen spend SIX months at oxford;
enter the United States Military Acad-
envy, and serve the shortest proper time
as q soldier, then take I'D the practice
OF law
In the meantime the young man IS
supposed 20 learn during vacations,
while travelling abroad each year, the
French. Spanish, Italian, Greek, Ger
man. and Russian languages
He is also TO become proficient as q
player upon the violin and piano
Meanwhile ne is TO devote some atten-
tion 10 religion He must become q
Protestant Epfscopaliau. Should he
profess the Catholic religion he forfeits
everything under his foster father 5
viii
AT the age Of twenty-one he is to pos
sess, but not to own, the medals Of
honor, war trfnkets, and similar articles
Of personal property left by Colonel
Dyrenforth- At the ase Of twenty
eight, If his conduct has been in accord
anCe with the terms OF the vill- he may
come into real possession Of the prop
erty, both personal and real
Lad Is Considered
Physically Unequal to Task.
The lad who must perform these
tasks is now in Chicago at the home
OF one OF a.E tA=--ll4lL9- NJ -la-----A
Dyreuforth- FEis grandruother describes
him as fraiI, delicate child whose
strength so far has never been equal
10 the schooling ordinarily required Of
boys Of MS age The performance OF
the things enumerated in the win of
Colonel Dy-cnforth IS q physical i'm
possibility $50 Gar as the boy is con
cerned, according to Mrs Jennie Dyren-
forth.
Even his present guardian 3 skepti-
cal that he can obey 80 per cent OF the
last orders OF Colonel DyreufOrth- The
hoy is nearing twelve He has not Yet
entered high school. His graduation
from that institution at the ase Of four
teen is impossible his physical build
today is not that Of q youth who must
enter West Point within a few years
Mentally unbalanced IS the way
that Mrs Dyrenforth Cnaracterizes the
maker Of this VIII, one Of the most pc
culiar ever filed IN the District Of Co
Iumbia-
'Freakish" L Term
Applied to Maker Of VIII.
..Freakish" is the description given
the deceased patent attorney by one
who knew him in life, who said
I was intimately acquainted with
Colonel Dvreuforth for years lie was
regarded as Uuusuclly eccentric by
those who did not know him well The
experiments be made twenty years ago
in an effort TO produce artificial rain
served TO accentudte this belief on the
part Of the general public.
"At any event, Colonel DyTenfOrtt
vas an unusual man and he has lef
an unusual VIII
He was a 1hirty-thi-d degree Mason
He reached that degree after he had
married Mrs Dyrenfo-th, a Catholic
He was an accomplished Inguist
speaking French, Spanish. German
Italian, and Gaelic. Perhaps this had
something 10 90 with his wish that hi
heir should be equally proficient II.
WIS also an adept in Greek and Latin
and was extraordinarily well read.
have heard him recite pages Of Dickens
works, word for word
Aversion for Women
Result Of His Own Escapadss.
His dislike for women came through
some Of his own escaSades In his youth
lie wished 10 warn his heir Of the othe
sex, perhaps, on this account Man,
OF his views were based upon his OWL
bitter experiences It was not a whir1
l,ut a sincere wish that his son shouI
follow his advice His several brother
In the west were always rather incline
70 the belief that Colonel DyrenforU
was eccentric but they huuored him.