Smyrna times., 1911-03-29
Her
Protector
An American Vile In Berlin Shows
Ability to Take Care Of Herself
By SARAH EHRLICH
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation, 1911.
By SARAH EHRLICH

S. N, went to Berlin as naval attache
at the imperial court his daughter,
Louise. was just nineteen years old.
Though so young, she had been a heart
smasher among the cadets at the Naval
academy. where her father had been
stationed for three years, besides hav-
ing gone through several campaigns
at West Point. She could not help
flirting-not that she went out Of her
way to find any one to flirt with; in
deed. there was nothing aggressive
about her. The trouble was that every
young fellow she met found In her
something that acted as an incentive
for him to make love to her.
Louise being of marriageable age
while her father was at Berlin, she
very naturally married one of the
young Germans she met at court,
Baron Carl Won Hilderschoff. a major
in the army and connected with the
general staff. Before Commander
Haverslaugh would consent to the
marriage he told the baron that Louise
was natural flirt, but that her flirta-
tions were innocent and he need have
no fear of her disgracing him or her
self The commander exacted a prom
Use that the baron would trust her.
relying entirely on her sense of honor
and self respect to choose the right
path.
1t was not long after the marriage
that Baron Won Hilderschoff was or
dered away from Berlin ON some tenn
porary duty. There was one man in
Berlin. Count Gethart, who had been
attentive to Louise before her mar
Tiage. This man the baron disliked and
distrusted. Before leaving the capital
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
1 don't wish her to be lonely. There is
one man here I don't like. AS soon as
I am gone he will attempt to be de-
voted to her. l wish you to be so at
tentive to her that he will have no
opportunity. You understandP
Perfectly. And l feel very much
hattered at your confidence in me.
Who is the man?"
"Count Gethart"
"H'm! You are quite right; he Is a
dangerous man. Is your wife to know
of your placing her in my careT
"Well. no. l don't suppose there will
be any necessity for you to interfere in
the matter 1t is only in case Gethart
becomes aggressive. you know"
'I see. Well. old fellow, promise to
do the best l can in the matter, though
1 do not expect any action on my part
will be necessary"
Won Hilderschoff departed, and Man
teufel called upon the baroness. In
deed, he made several calls, and to
give an excuse for doing so he told her
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 shrewdness, sus
pected that something had passed be
tween her husband and his friend o1
which she had not been made aware
by the latter. If the captains good of
fees were to be confined to keeping hel
from being lonely her husband would
have told her that he had made such ;
request of his friend. When a woman
wishes to get a secret she usually sue
ceeds. 1t was not long before she hat
wormed out of Manteufel that he hat
been commissioned to protect her from
Count Gethart.
Commander Haverslaughs warnin,
had not been needed.
1t so happened that Won Gethart me
his old fame at a social function tn
very evening after Manteufel had '1e
the cat out of the bag" She was yer.
gracious to him and danced with him
Manteufel saw them together and a
: soon as the dance was over joine
: them. Louise straightway dismisse
Gethart and walked away on the arr
Of Manteufel.
Manteufel treated her during the res
S of the evening as he would have treai
E ed a schoolgirl who had been place
under his orders and had been di,
! obedient. She seemed to be very pen
3 tent and promised not to do so an
more. Not only this-the next day sh
e wrote a note to her protector express
ing more penitence.
That the baroness penitence we
only skin deep was evident from til
fact that she saw as much of Vo
: Gethart as of Manteufel. The latte
= still insensible to the fact that his il
terest In his charge was rather fl
I himself than her husband, protested I
the baroness against her accepting a
& tentions from a man her husband di
liked and distrusted. The baronei
claimed that she could not declIr
them without giving offense From th
moment the bitter feelings that had e
tered the breast of Manteufel we
turned principally against the man
stead of the woman.
Meanwhile the baroness was writiI
loving letters to her husband, In whi,
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