The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-11-21
Charles Dickens &c Home.

Charles Dickens &c Home. !
= In Kent, emboweredi in sloping
hop fields, stands pretty Staple'iurst
& thorough English silhsge.ofO On IA /
steep embankmeat hard by the quiet
hamlet long noisy trainsIrush daily
from London to the sea, and from
the sea coast towns to London
again, bearing mails and continen-
tai passengers. One bright sum-
mer morning some three years ago
there was much disorder in Staple
hurst by reason Of a sad accident on
the high embankinent a long
train with large tourist freight had
tumbled overinto, the meadows be-
low A painting crowd rushed
eagerly from the village to the
scene fwreck and disaster. The
first sight that lSeets their eye. is
kindly figure, tall and somewhat
STOPPING, crowned with an anxious
face, bare headed. with grizzled hair
and beard fluttering in the breeze.
His dark, thoughtful eyes are very
pititul and sympathetic, and his
slender hands bear welcome water
to parcho6 and in some cases dying
lips in most unusual goblet. Per-
haps some who had drank Eith de
light the draught administered by
Charles Dickens brain are among
those who quench their thirst from
the dripping hat wherein he brings
them coolwater from ncighboring
brook. In his pocket is a white
parcel, wrapped in paper and bear
ing traces of recent crushing par
Gel which is no less than'onr as yet
unborn .s'Mutual Friend" nearly
stifed in his birth. In truth, both
our common friends, the creator and
created, were terribly near utter OBJ
liberation.
Yet forgetful of his dangers and
his bruises, Charles Dickens stands
there filing his battered hat at the
brook, a living reproach to those
who accuse him Of lacking the soft
er attributes of humanity. Utterly
groundless and unmeasurably base
are the generally believed tales that
charge him with domestic .unhappi-
ness. At his pleasant Kentish home
at Gad's Hill, q most cheerful fami-
IL party is gathered around him
every night. In the morning he
works hard at his desk; in the after.
noon he walks abroad; in the even.
ing he is always with his family.
fopehing With their 5varioHs 'amuse
ments, and happy chiefly in theil
happiness.
His son Charles is a clever, popu-
lar young man, English to the back
bone, given to athletic pursuits, ans
president of a principal LohdoI
Boat club. His eldest daughter is
! generally understood to have w'rit
Eten 'S'Ahnt dargaret's Troubles
t4ihd IS also credited with the move
4 at present appearing in All the Yea
I Round and Harpcr's Weekly, enti
tied s'tfabefs- Progress" q
| Charles Dickens, the elderis un
qucstionably the ablest amateur ac
ftor' Iii Ehgiand, and a favored few
describe with genuine admiration
his Wonderful representations. a
I lis own house, of some charactet
| created by his friend, Willlie Col
tlins..
1aiIDickens has once personally civ
en- thelie to wilfiii assertions Of hi:
'tdemestic infeHcity, and we have
I from personal knowledge, no hest
!. tati6ii9 in branding similar state
ments as counter felt and untrue.
I In society Dickens is reserved
and thoughtful even to melancholy
| His voice is sweet and very. clear
and its greatest charm is that i
rings with his Individuality. II,
enters into every thing he says. S.
> that III his readings. his own appa
Freut enjoyment is quito as attract
i've as his marvelIously drahati
/ delivery. When he tells "a istor.
! (Which is most frequent, CO: cess
tion his earnest, sympathetic NAN
ner Of narration enlists everybody
Interest. His knowledge of human
nature is wonderful, excc!iing evci
that Of Ehacksray in inuniyersality o
: scope. .Ioaf ...s rHt "a .se.
I His, kiadIiness is boundless. Sit
| ting in the editorial chairyef All tn
Year Round, he has written to pov
erty4stricien contributors IN term
f Of advice and sympathy, pointing
, I.out their shortcomings with tende
, ! touch, and not giving their merit
q condescension unhappily too rare
Above the middle hei ght, Ihu
STOPPING, with a sad, thoughtful
face, lit by two bright black eyes
and lined deeply by care and owe
much championing of despissl hu
manity, Charles. Dickens is indeed
king among men.-A K ,Gazt tie,
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