The Meeker herald., 1912-05-04
Her
Protector
A. Aner;icsn VIE In Berlin Show,
AbiEty 10 Take Care q HerseH
By SARAH ENRICH
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation. 1911.

Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation. ISL
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When Commander Haverslnugh. U.
Q. n, went to Berlin AZ naval nttache
1t the imperial court his daughter.
Louise. was just nineteen years old.
Though 30 young. she Ind been heart
smasher among the cadets ut the Naval
academy. where her father had been
stationed for three years. besides hnv-
ing gone through several campaigns
at West Point. She could not help
nirfing-not that she went out of her
way to find any one to hirt with: In
deed, there was nothing aggressive
about her. The trouble was that every
young fellow she met found in her
something that acted us an incentive
for him to make love to her.
Louise being Of manageable age
while her father was at Berlin. she
very naturally married one Of the
young Germans she met ut 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 dirt. but that her hirta-
lions were innocent md he need hnve
NO fear Of her disgracing him or her
self. The commander exacted prom
Ire that the baron would trust her.
relying entirely on her sense Of honor
- kn nh tho RIGHT
path.
It 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 Ind been
attentive to Louise before her mar
riags. This man the baron disliked and
distrustcd. Before leaving the capital
he said to his intimate friend. Captain
Mnnteufel:
~ 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 Mt
tcntive to her that he will have no
opportunity. You understand
Perfectly. And feel very much
nattered at your confidence in me.
Who 10 the manw
''Count Gethart."
"H'm! You are quite right; he Is .
Dangerous man. Il your wife to know
ofsyosr placing her In my caye1"
'sWsjl, no. don't suppose there will
bs any necessity for you TO interfere In
the matter. 1t II only in case Gethart
becomes aggressive, you know"
II Sec 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
teufeI called upon the baroness. In
deed he made several calls. and to
give an excuse for doing 30 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 shrewdncss. s,ls-
pected that something had passed be-
tween her husband and his friend of
which she had not been made aware
by the latter. II the captains good Of
fees were to be confined to keeping her
from being lonely her husband would
have told her that he Ind made such a
request Of his friend When woman
wishes to get a secret she usually sue
ceeds. II was not long before she had
wormed out of Manteufel that he had
Count Gcthart.
Commander Haverslaugh's warning
had not been needed.
II no happened that Won Gethart met
his old fame Mt n social function the
very evening nfter 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
.Cethart and walked away on the arm
Of Manteufei.
Aianteufel treated her during the rest
Of the evening as he would have treat
ed a schoolgirl who had been placed
under bis orders and had been dis
obedient. She seemed to be very peni-
tent and promised not to do 20 any
more. Not only this-the next day she
wrote 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 A. 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
tentions from man her husband dis
liked and distrusted. The baroness
claimed that she could not decline
them without giving offense. From this
moment the hitter feelings that had en-
tered the breast of Manteufel were