Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-08-22

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IL An American Wife In Berlin Shows :
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l$ By SARAH ENRICH 3
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When Commander Haverslaugh. q.
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 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
firting-not that she went out Of her
way to find any one to firt 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 a marriageable age
while her father was at Berlin, she
very naturally married one Of the
young Germans she met at court.
Baron Carl Won Hilderschofr. 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 firt. but that her flirta
lions were innocent and he need have
no fear of her disgracing him or her
self. The commander exacted prom
ise 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 von Hilderschof 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,
rage. 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.
I 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. wish you to be so at
tentive to her that he will have no
opportunity. You understandT
perfectly. And feel very much
aattered at your confidence In me
Who is the mani"
"Count Gethart"
"H'm! You are quite right: he is
dangerous man. Is your wife to know
of your placing her In my care?"
"Well, no. don't suppose there Will
be any necessity for you to interfere IN
the matter It is only in case Gethart
becomes aggressive. you know"
T see. Well. old fellow, promise to
do the best can in the matter. though
I 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 bis 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 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
request of his friend When woman
wishes to get secret she usually sue
ceeds. It 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 social function the
very evening after Manteufel had "let
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 straightway 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 peni'
tent and promised not to do 30 any
more. Not only this-the next day she
wrote a note to her protector express
ing more penitence.
That the baroness penitence was
only skin deep was evident from the
fact that she saw as much OF Won
Gethart as of Manteufel. The latter.
still insensible to the fact that bis In
terest in his charge was rather for
himself than her husband protested to
the baroness against her accepting at
tentions from q man her husband dis
liked and distrusted. The baroness
claimed that she could not decline
them without giving ofense. From this
moment the bitter feelings that had en-.
tered the breast Of Manteufel were
turned principally against the man in
stead Of the woman.
Meanwhile the baroness was writing
loving letters to her husband, in which
she never failed to mention the many
kind acts Of his friend Manteufel. She
also wrote that she had met Gethart at
social function and that he had called
upon her. This. she said. had seemed
to excite the disapprobation Of Man
teufeI. She did not like to repulse &C.
thart. fearing to make trouble. She
longed for the day when her husband
would return and relieve ner or an EN-
barrassing position. To this the baron
replied that he would be at home on a
certain date. arriving on a midnight