Carol Goodenough was the teenage daughter of the Goodenough's who provided a cottage for Lake and his family to live in after they arrived in South Africa as missionaries from 1908- 1913. In 1909 Lake returned to the States in order to raise funds for his mission work there. On the ship was 17 year old Carol Goodenough. She was returning to the States by the direction of her brother to go to school. Lake's late wife Jennie and Carol were friends. Jennie died only 6 months after arriving in South Africa. After Jennie's death in December of 1908, Lake became engaged to Ada White. Ada died from malaria that same year. Shortly after Ada's death, Lake became engaged to Carol Goodenough. He was 38, she was 17. These early newspaper articles from 1909 tell the story of an affair that Lake's biographers didn't want anyone to know about.

Here is the link to the full article and the Youtube Video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN3TVgeM9z4&t=5s

https://www.themessedupchurch.com/blog/john-g-lakes-clandestine-affair