Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-25
QUEEN MARY.
Comedy of The Lieutenant
And His Tradesman Double

| von-Groeschef was Indispensable al
| tea parties His reputation as a con.
Versationalist spread He discussed
with equal profundity the weather and
Moltke's strategy; and when asked
about his comrades IN the Third rgy-
and slipped his tea. Acquaintances
grew and swiftly turned 10 friendships.
He received gifts Of EN- broidered slim
pers. Charity hazars invoked his aid
And a. his friends increased in num-
bcrs and beauty. be plunged deeper
and deeper INFO an abyss ~ lies-and
love
His descent was headlong. Tho
hright-eNed lady asked him 20 dinner
when her husband was away. Others
did the same. His fathers money
made In honest grocerles-onabled
him to return their hospitality Smart
little suppers We're given On quiet res
taurants. champagne was drunk: and
hands We're significantly pressed under
damask tablecloths As becomes a SOL
der. Herr Lieutenant proved a model
lover. lie was gallant but nor too
bold. He spoke smulV and eloquonuv
~ what he should do on future bat
tic fields and more than once al the
thought that War might tear him
away tears rose into gentle eyes.
The only war was love Among
Herr Liouteuant's couquests was an
Austrian baronS black eved daughter.
whom he Courted with exceptional
zeal But a rich widow crossed hts
path. Tho black-eved baroness was
forgotten. and Cupid fed IN tears
When the loyc-sick girl asked him To
ioin a theater party. he excused him
self on the ground that he was writ
iuC "a work on Cavalry i'm tho Russo.
japanese War" on the same eve
ming tho lDNe'prn baroness saw him
entering n restaurant with tho widow
hanging on his arm.
She planned swift vengeance T.
tho commander OF Won GrocscheTs
regiment Few spiteful anonymous let
ter. Your Lieutenant" IL said, twill
disgrace you by his flirting with mar
ried ladies' What's more. he breaks
the regulations and wears civilian dres,
when hc should be in uniform. ="
SCENE IN BARRACKS.
EARLY next morning the guards cav
airy barracks in north Berlin Wit
messed tcmpcstuous scene. Before
the desk OF bis rcd-faccd, irascible
colonel stood the real Lieutenant Won
Grocschel, and stammered dcnials and
incohcrcnt asseyCrations OF innocence.
The furious veteran shut his ears
MAKE love on tho quiet. II YOU like"
he roared, humping the desk Youth
Even ] Ju my young days o." And
the real uCutcuautwho was respectfully
hctrothed 10 a lawyers daughter in
Brcsau, saw that his dcnials were
ana at last in despair turned
his back upon his unreasonable senior,
and stalked out ~ the room
only when the inquiry began did
truth at last prevail When some days
later COnqucring joel issued from tho
widows house. hc was tracked To his
fathers villa, ana his Identity dis
closed
The last act was played this week.
Herr Joel was prosecuted Tor Insult"
when the blushWg WeaD Lieutenant.
rose 90 support tho charge, an mon
agreed that seldom had they seen "a
pair n twins. Herr joel
got M with "a fine of SO. and was coun-
seized henccforth 90 WOO I'm his own
name
The fine Is considered lenicnt For
the price of suit of clothes TO De
called Herr Lieutenant 70 coquct
with couutcsecs. to take cups of ton
from dimplcd hands, 60 bc praised for
your cavalry walk-What man ever
bought lies greatest blessings at sn
low a price, It is said that the reai
lieutenant shares this view As Herr
Joel. he argues, bought his joys So
'hCaply, he must pay "a supplementary
fine; ana he threatens on the Grst con-
,euieut occasion, to- whack his double
without mercy. So Herr Joel stays
at home on moonloss nights.
while a stalwart Individual with
stick and a real cavalry walk keeps
watch outside his door. Love is a
kind OF wRrfarci and Ovid was right.