The Meeker herald., 1912-12-21
Her
Protector
An American Wife In Berlin Shows
Ability to Take Care Of Her'eH
By SARAH EHRLICH
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation. 1911.
By SARAH ENRICH
opyrigh, by American Press Asso-
citation. 1911.

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When Commander Haverslaugh. U.
s. ~, went to Berlin as naval nttacne
at the imperial court his daughter
louise, was Just nineteen years OLD.
Though so young. she had been heart
smasller among the cadets at 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 neip
fjtrtinc-not that she went out OF her
way to find any one to fiirt 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 Gcrmuns she met at court.
Baron Carl Won Hilderschof. major
In the army and connected with the
general staff. Before Commander
uayerslaugh would consent to the
nnrriace he told the baron that Louise
was II natural flirt, but that her hirta-
lions were innocent and he need nave
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 Won Hilderschon 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
Munteufel:
AZ 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 IL
one man here I don't like. As soon as
| nm gone he will attempt to be de-
voted TO her. ] wish you to be SO Mt
tentive to her that he will hive no
opportunity. You underestimate
"Perfectly. And feel very much
battered at your confidence In me
who is the man."
.Count Gethart."
.H'm. you, are qnite right: BE- p
dangerous mnn. lis your wife to know
Of your placing her in my care?"
"well. no. I don't suppose there Will
lie any necessity for you to interfere In
the matter 1t is only In case Gethart
becomes aggressive. you know"
n see. Well. old fellow. I promise to
do the best can in the matter. though
Go not expect any action on my part
will he necessary
Won Hiderschof departed. and Man
teufel called upon the baroness. In
deed. he made several calls. md to
awe m excuse for doing SO he told her
that her husband. fearing she would be
lope'y during his absence. had asked
linn to drop in once In awhile to cheer
ler mp.
Now. Louise. beinEnn American with
,,ieney OF American shrewdness. sus-
perted that something had passed be-
tween hor husband and his friend of
which she had not been made aware
ly the hitter. If the captains good Of
fees were to he confined to keeping her
from being lonely her husband would
have told her that he had made such a
request of his friend. When II woman
wishes TO get n secret she usually sue
ree,is. 1t was not long before she had
wormed out of Manteufel that he had
been commissioned TO protect her from
Count Gethart.
Commander HaverslauSh's warning
had not been needed.
1t so happened that Won Gethart met
Ills old fame at social function the
very evening after AIanteufel 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 strlightway dismissed
Gethnrt and walked away on the arm
OF alanteufel.
Nanteufel treated her during the rest
of the evening as he would have treat
ell Il 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 SO any
more. Not only this-the next day she
wrote note to her protector express
ing more penitence.
That the baroness penitence was
oniy 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 his in.
terest in his charge was rather for
Himself than her husband. protested to
the baroness AGAINST her accepting at.
tcptions from n man her husband dis
liked and distrusted. The baroness
claimed that she could NOT decline
them without giving offense. From this
moment the bitter feelings that had en-.
tered the breast Of Mnnteufel were
turned principally against the man In
stead Of the woman.
Meanwhile the baroness was writing
Ioviuc Ipttery to her husband in which