The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-04-14

acre rented farm close to the city /
that the young lady's father was
conducting. They soon became Ell,
gagged. The following fall Basker-
vile secured work in WATERFOWL, but |
the couple kept up their love maxi
ing, and their little affair of the
heart flowed as smoothly and de-
lightfully as a ripping brook. Last
June, however. an untoward thing
occurred, that changed their whole
lives and made misery in many
hearts. Baskerville took another
young lady to dance, and his af-
famed found it out, and jealous
passions filled her heart and hard
words passed between the two de-
voted lovers and they parted. Each
secretly continued to love the other,
but neither would make up to the
other. and their pride blocked the
efforts of little Cupid
Ard They Were Married.
Last September Baskerville met
Miss Margaret Perlick, the eighteen
year old daughter of a widowed
mother, and thought that he loved
her truly, as she really did him,
and in October they were married
Baskerville's former sweetheart al
lowed herself to be wooed and won
by Charles Cook, an honest young
farmer, twenty-six years old, and
they were married i'm November. 1t
is likely that both Baskerville and
his old sweetheart had some idea
of spiting the other in their mar
riages.
But whatever secret motive might
have been back of their weddings,
the two young people persuaded
themselves at the time that they
loved their consorts, but the mask
had to come off, and it did SO very
speedily. Mrs. Cook was the first to
tire of her husband, and she left
him after two or three weeks of
very wretched life, she says. He
appears to have been infatuated
with her, and thought that all would
be right were it not for Baskerville.
Mrs. Cook AYERS that from the first
day of their married life her hus-
band threw out jealous limitations
about Baskerville, and that she
never passed a happy day or hour
with her husband, on that account.
Baskerville Deserted His Wife.
Baskerville continued to live with
h N>l>,
deserted her. According to his own
story, she made him good wife
and seemed to be greatly attached
to him, but his thoughts were for
another. He went to Omaha, and
there short time ago wrote to
his wife that he was going to
leave her for good, that he did not
care for her, and that he supposed
that she did not care for him. He
did not leave any address for her
to reply to. He shortly afterwards
went to Mobrdge, S. d., which is
not far from Watertown, and hired
out to an ice cream manufacturer.
Then he wrote to Mrs. Cook. He
said that he sent her. two letters,
but she only received one.
Love of the Two Returned.
All of the old love of the two
returned, and Mrs. Cook last Thurs
day determined to go to MObridge
to see Baskerville. She arrived there
Friday morning, and the couple had
a conference. and hurried elope-
ment was planned. They took the
afternoon train for Minneapolis and
arrived in that city early Saturday
morning, and took the next train to
Mankato, getting here Saturday noon.
They went to the Stahl House, and
Mrs. Cook lost no time i'm telegraph
ing for her money.
Mrs. Cook stated to The Free
Press that it was her intention to
go to relatives in Indiana, and that
Baskerville was going further east.
She was going to bring an action
against her husband for divorce on
the ground of cruel and inhuman
treatment, and they hoped to induce
Mrs. Baskerville to bring an action
"too''bo' hS' oh tbC SSiOuuu
of desertion, as he had no ground
for bringing an action against her.
Then, when both were once more
free, they would marry. Both said
that they had made the mistake of
their lives i'm not marrying each
other instead of the parties that
they did marry.
Woman Shed Tears.
While Mrs. Cook related her story
of her unfortunate love affairs the
tears streamed down her cheeks.
She said that her father died last
January, and she had been living
with her mother on the farm She
has two older brothers, who are
married
Both young people expressed
dread at the thought of returning
to Watertown, to face the law and
angry relatives. Baskerville thought
that Cook would be unrelenting. and
he did not know of the attitude of
his own wife. Mrs. Cook, also, had
fears of what her husband would do.
Baskerville's family live in New
York, and Mrs Cooks parents were