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Show SQUIRE COOP STOPPED BY WIFE s New . York, Dec. 2S When Miss Jeanette Cook, a beautiful 19-year-old girl from Statheuron. Euglund. came tripping down the Ran; plank from I the dck of the steamship Oceanic to-' to-' day there rushed forward to greet her two persons. One of the welcoro-era." welcoro-era." Mrs. Squire Coop. wif of the profesnor of music at the I'nlverslty , of 1'iah, she was not expecting, and i she rushed past her with a slight ! flush of color to spring into the arms ! of her other welcomer, Professor t'quire Coop, whom ebc had arranged by letter and cable to meet her at the ! dock. Mr. and Mrs. Coop had arrived at the steamship landing separately and by dilfercni routes. As It was learned afterward. Mrs. Coop's presence resulted re-sulted from the Intercepting: of letters let-ters that had passed between the girl ! and her husband. The result of the triple meeting at the pier wan o scene, In which Mrs. Coop finally convinced I the immigration authorities that they ought to rescind their action, alreudy taken. In Issuing a pass for the girl to come here, and instead ought to remove her to EIUs island for examination. exam-ination. In Hupport of her claims, Mrs. Coop, who herself Is young and pretty, handed hand-ed the Immigration authorities a bundle of letters and cablegram exchanged ex-changed between her husband and the girl. " If I were old and sad," she i said, "perhaps he could be forgiven for turning to another, but I can't let him do it. It strikes at everything my pride and rest." Pretty Arrival Detained. The Inspectors, after reading the lettcrB, detained Miss Cook from the arms of the professor of music and sent her by the first boat to Ellis Island, where sho will have a hearing tomorrow. Mrs. Coop declared that; ' fche would Insist on seeing Miss Cook, i who Is her niece, returned to her relatives rela-tives In England if It was possible for her to do so. The story of her domestic difficulties, difficul-ties, ns sho told it, was one of where I the niece was brought across the At-! At-! lantlc at her own suggestion as a I Uttlo girl In short dresses. After the j j death of tho child's mother, when the ; I former was fifteen years of age, Mrs. . Coop planned to adopt her. But tbe llttlo girl grew p and after two j years had passed the wlfo began to open her eyes wide and to grieve. Mrs. Coop paused and 60bbed. "Shouid I tell the things which will spoil his career?' she asked. "It was such a career. With music he could do everything. When it was announced an-nounced he wis in charge of the orchestra or-chestra the people always came. At first, when we were both stranger in Salt Lake City he a etronger to the people as a finished musical artist, while nerfectlv familiar to them as a former neighbor, and I a little French girl who hardly knew the language at all we lh-ed together very humbly. "We hail a little studio up three flights of stairs in one of those old buildings the early settlers erected, near the Deseret National bank, on : the corner of Main and First South : streets. When we were very poor, ' Sqnlro Coop would get up a concert and T would sing. "Then success came. The university univer-sity made him Just an assistant in- structor at first. Some of his early : pupils, pupils he had taught before going abroad to finish his education, , returned home with great laurels and paid tributes to him as their fir3t , I teacher. That made him widely known ( j and when ho hnd been at the unlver- sity a term or two. they began to ! advance him in pay and position. Just : now he has this full professorship. It ' is the greatest thing in his life." . Less than two months ago Squire Coop filed a suit for divorce from his wife In Ogden. Mr. Coop alleged in hi: complaint that his wife had de- ( serteyl him about a year ago and set forth the alleged desertion as ground for legal separation from his wife. It J was claimed by Coop that his wife i had pone back to No- York and en-! tered the theatrical business and had j remained away from him. j At the time of the filing of tho i suit it was Intimated that incompata-i bl lit v of artistic temperament was the j cause of separation of the two. It has I been rumored recently that Mrs. Coop would fight the suit. |