Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-03-18
He TELLS LIFE STORY
UnfrOcked Faster Who EIOped
With Girl Of Tender Years.
NOW IN SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Jsrs knods Cooke. Former Pastor Of
st. Georges Church, Hampstead, L.
l., Relates His ExpsrlsnCs--Gavs
Up All for Sake Of Young Girl.

Up All for sake Of Young Girl.
San Francisco, Cal. March IL
Jere Knode Cooke. the unirockcd
pastor OF 81, Georges church Hemp
stead, l.. L., who eloped SbOul 4 year
ago with Floretta Whaloy, ami who,
under thoOame OF "BalcOlm' is now
occupying Hat on the outskirts OF
this city, with the Girl and hcr babe.
tells the following story or nj, he;
Promise to Enter Mlnlstry,
my parents died when Was very
young. but young 40 was, rymcm.
Der distinctly my mother making ne
promise to enter the ministry As |
grew older the calling appealed % me
more and more and decided to enter
the church, was adopted by a man
named Cooke, whom look upon as an
uncle, and attended the public s hools.
When was sixteen years ot age
VIA apprentIced to a painter and dec.
orator, ard there learned Jho trade
which | am now following. The 1T
tie ] earned saved and eventually
had enough 10 allow me to enter Yale
Life was an uphill struggle then,
had To work my way through college
AMI On graduating was appointed Gu.
rate Of church IN baltimore.
while there met and married tho
woman the law calls my wife. There
| made by frst big mistake. Physical
reasons forbade her marrying. and,
when. three days after our wedding.
she coldly informed me that she had
married mo simply as a stepping
stone To social station and that she
Saw In me one who was going 10 rise.
| recognized the bitterness ~ ms lot
From Baltimore I was appointed
rector Of ~. Georges church. IN the
city Of Hampstead. l.. l. The posi-.
tion was a good one. AMI one that
highly pleased my wife She had there
en- opportunity 20 further her social
aims. and II VAS pleasing to me- also.
inasmuch a. II was IN accordance with |
my personal ambition 10 succeed
Met Florstta Whalsy.
As rector 81 st. Georges met
Fioretta whAley. she vas . mere
child then. and grew w under my
cyes. { always regarded her ~ q
child until one day RWoks 70 the
fact that she Nas a woman and that
! loved her ~ tails stage might
cay that though slxteen years old.
F'oretta wbaley vas one ~ the type
that natures eariy. Her orphan NE
ami glrFOandinEs had made her re-.
narkAbly preeoclous. even a. q child.
aud ~ elEhtgen thS Wss IL hoT 40.
manhood Eay tbls IN the nee Of
ne criticism hsaped on mo IN regard
to stopping vim oas 20 yvvpR
y wish u % bs REM mberai that
Al mis- time Was ~ the hstsht Of my
saaeeess. TIE near future Vsomia@s
FOR mo ali ths aAere6osai WOsia had
10 oaer thrcv aside svsrythiag,
and took sAs gih.
I knss etRcilY whai ths payment
would ~ kns~ ne p,orn Nat
~ouia fohsH tn~w I hseams
ugiHdpai--f kReS \ en-. aas dla n.
WsstsFn People HsiPsd Him.
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