Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1911-06-01
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Protector
An Amencan Wife In Berlin Shows
Ability to Take Care Of Herself
BY SARAH ENRICH
, Copyright By American Press Asso-
citation 1911.
BY SARAH ENRICH
by American Press Asso-
citation. 1871.

When Commander HaNriNlduSu' ~
S. ~. went TO Berlin as naval attache
at the imperial court his daughter
Louise. was just nineteen years oid'
Though so young. she had been Il heart
Smashpr among the cadets ~ the Naval
academy. where her father had been
stationed for three years. besides nav
ing gone through several campaigns
at West Point. She could not help
flirting-not that she went out OF her
way 10 find any one 70 dirt wlth' IN
deed. there was nothing aggressive
about her. The trouble was that every
young fellow she met found III mel
something that acted as an incentive
for him to make love to her
Louise being OF a marriageabie age
while her futher was al Berlin, she
very naturally married one OF the
young Germans she met at court
Baron Carl Won IIilderschoff. major
in the army aud connected with the
general STAFF. Before Commander
Haverslaugh would consent to the
marriage he told the baron that Louise
was a natural dirt but that her hlrta
tions were innocent and he need have
no fear of her dsgracing him or her
self. The commander eXacted prom
Use that the baron would trust her
relying entirely on her sense of honor
and self respect to choose the rlgh'
path.
1t was not long after the marriage
that Baron Won HiderSchof was or
dered away from Berlin on some tenn
porary duty There was one man IN
Berlin. Count Gethart, who had been
attentive 70 Louise before her mar
rage. This man the baron disltEed and
distrusted Before leaving the capita
he said to his intimate friend, Captain
Manteufel:
81 am obliged to leave my young
wife for few weeks here, and wish
TO leave her in your charge. You see
don't wish her to be lonely There is
one man here don't like, As soon as
| am gone he will attempt to be de
voted to her. | wish you to be so at
tentive to her that he will have nc
opportunity You underestimate
Perfectly And | feel very much
battered at your confidence in me
Who is the MANI
Count Gethart."
HIN! You are quite right: he is q
dangerous man. Is your wife to know
of your placing her in my care|
"Well, no. | don't suppose there viii
be any necessity for you'to interfere in
the matter 1t is only in case Gethart
becomes aggressive, you know
Il see Well. old fellow, prorise tC
do the best can in the natter though
do not expect any action on my part
will be necessary.
Won Hilderschotf departed. and Man
teufel called upon the baroness. In
deed. he made several calls, and tC
give an excuse for doing so he told heI
that her husband. fearing she would be
lonely during his absence had asked
him to drop in once in awhile to cheer
her up.
Now. Louise, being an American with
plenty of American shrewdncss. suS
pected that something had passed be
tween her husband and his friend OF
which she had not been made aware
by the latter. If the captains good Of
fees were to be confined to keeping her
from being lonely her husband would
have told her that he had made such a
request of his friend When a woman
wishes to get n secret she usually sue.
ceeds. 1t was not long before she had
wormed out Of Manteufel that he had
been commissioned to protect her from
Count Gethart.
Commander Haverslaugh's warning
had not been needed.
1t so happened that Won Gethart met
his old fame at a social function the
very evening after Manteufel had '1et
the cat out Of the bag" She was very
gracious to him and danced with him
Manteufel saw them together and as
soon as the dance was over Joined
them Louise straightwuy dismissed
Gethart and walked away ON the arm
OF Manteufel
Manteufel treated her during the rest
of the evening as he would have treat.
ed a schoolgirl who had been placed
under his orders and had been dis
obedient She seemed TO be very poDf
tent and promised not 70 do SO any
more. Not only this-the next DIV she
wrote a note TO her protector eyDrass
Ing more peniteuce
That the baroness peniten.e was
only skin deep was evident from the
fact that she saw as much of Won
Gethart as of Manteufel The Iafter
still insensible to the fact that his I'm
tereSt In his charge was rather for
himself than her husband protested IN
the baroness against her acecptfpr mr.
tentions from a man her husband Hfs
liked and distrusted The baroness
claimed that she could not darIfra
them without giving oTense. From tbie
moment the bitter feelings that ha5 ~,
tered the breast Of Manteural wore
turned principally against the man I'm.
stead OF the woman
Meanwhile the baroness was vr,tf,.
loving letters 70 her husband. Ina Urf.L
she never failed 70 mention tHa mon.
kind acts or his friend Mantoufa, a..
also wrote that she bad met Gpfbart ~.
q social function and that De had equs5