The evening world., 1908-03-16

Cooke has said he expected to MARI!
Miss Whaley when his wife divorced
him. Mrs Cooke has no idea OF divorc.
ing him and in this has the supper, OF
her parents. her counsel and the rector
Of her church
Mrs. Cooke believes her husband is
insane and that Miss Whaley took ad-
vantage of his weakened mental state
to persuade him to elope with her.
Mrs. Cooke loved her husband deeply
and her love has not been wholly shat
tered. She believe Cookies declara-
ton IN san Francisco after he and
his ch!ld dupe were discovered there
with their baby that mis- married lie
was nine years % nell" was the raw
ins of crazy man.
Cookies Own Story.
Cooke and Miss whaley are living
under the name OF Ba.colm in san
Francisco. where he is trying to earn
a living as a painter and decorator
Miss Whaley has begged for money
from her grandmother in Hampstead
but no money will be sent. Cooke has
written a long screed for The World. In
which ne does not attempt to justify
himself for clipping with the child and
deserting his wife. He says In part:
TO tear aside the curtain of silence
which has shielded the. .love OF Flore''a
Whaley and myself for one happy year
is to me utterly abhorrent.
I'm bitterness and passion I seek th'
solution Of the eternal and unanswer
ahIs query. Why? Why saouid give
up my happiness? Why should she give
IN her happiness? The primal laws o.
Ioye and life gave us to each other. AT'
ufe and happiness nothing more thar
on. long sa crifce? think not. II !!
only the weakling who tacitly surrend
or, ana by sacrifice obtains mild JOY
ar.G ,almr.ss which he indolent!y ac
cents as happiness. The man of hesf
and blood and heart takes Tor n''nse
and fights back. and II what he 'ahe'
is worth the combat he Will hsht th'
whole world
THE question is whether Aapp'
ness lies in the beaten trail whic'
the millions follow or in the forbidden
| land on either side Each must an
swer the question for himself, l haV
answered mine by my act. On m!
dsathped 1 shall discover who Is righ
and who is wrong-the millions ol
myself. There is no question In M!
mind as write now and glance n
Floretta whaley sitting by me. soft
singing the song OF motherhood TO ou
child at her breast. Time might. a
time has done. make many differences
| OF the future no man can speak.
stand my position as husband. Ih'
laws of Church and land may MAKE
maria ges, but no law can make peau'i
ful such an existence. Life with
mockery of love IS hell.
Talks Of His Wife.
"My parents died when ! was yer!
Young. but young as l was i remefnpe
distinctly my mother making me prom
ise to enter the ministry. AS grew
older the calling appealed to me NOR
nnl more, and ] decided to enter IN
church. was adopted by a maj
named Cooke, whom I look upon as al
uncle. and attended the public schools
When | was sixteen years OLD wa
apprenticed to painter and decorator
and there / learned the trade which
am now following. The little l earne'
saved and eventually had enough t
allow me to enter Yale. Life was a
uphill struggle then. l had to work m
way through college. and on graduatin
was appointed curate Of church Il
Baltimore.
while there / met and married tn
| lnu lie my Their
l made my first big mistake. When
three days after our wedding, she cold
ly Informed me that she had marie,
me simply as a stepping stone to so
cial success and that she saw in M
one who was going to rise, ! recognized
the bitterness of my lot.
From Baltimore l was appointe,
rector OF st. Georges Church In Hemp
stead, l.. /. he position was goo
one, and one that highly pleased IN,
wife. Size had there an opportunity t
| further her social aims. and 1t wa
pleasing to me also. inasmuch as |. wa
N accord with my personal ambition I
succeed.
The Snug and prosaic churchgoeg
whom | once openly told that l ha
,.-.,rd "a, Ir"oy... ~ n. New ior
turnsd up their eyes in holy horror
Ny Gud' 10 them sucn step was ~
-,rco!vable. They wanted to have M
Ike themselves snug. prosaic and ~,
spectable"-by all means respectable
I was to be entirely ignorant of I'll
>ubiect I had to combat. was sur
posed to fight the flesh and the dew
Wit out knowledge Of either.
The Child Floretta Whaley.
"As a rector of st. Georges l m'
Floretta Wha.sy. She was mel
| ,hild Ihen aud kraw up under my eye
] Always SeGar6ed he. as Q child unt!