Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-10-06
THE DICKENS SCANDAL.
A Full Statement from Mr.. Dickens,
Of His Family Relations.

A Full Statement from Mr.. Dickens
of His Family Relations.
The following letter is published by th
Folio, new Boston weekly, as being from
Charles Dickens himself, and as being pub
lished by his permission:
My DEAR --: Mrs. Dickens and
have hved unhappily together Tor man,
years Hardly anyone who has known NJ
intimately can fail to have known that W,
are, in all respects of character and teip
permanent, wonderfully unsuited to eaol
other. 1 suppose that no two persons, no
vicious in themselves, ever wer,
joined together, who had greater difficulty
in understanding one another, or who hac
less in common. An attached woman ser
want (more friend to both OF us than 9
servant), who had lived with us sixteer
years, and is now married, and who was
and still is, in Mrs. Dickens confidence and
mine, who had the closest familiar expert
ence OF this unhappiness in London, in the
country, in France, in Italy, wherever We
have been, year after year, month after
month, week after week, day after day, will
bear testimony to this.
Nothing has, on many occasions. STOOD
between us and separation, but Mrs.
Dickens's sister, Georgine Hogarth. From
the age of fifteen she has devoted herself
to our house and children. She has been
their playmate, nurse, instructress, friend,
protechess, adviser, and companion. In
the manly consideration towards Mrs.
Dickens which / owe to my wife, l will
merely remark of her that the poculiarity
of her character has thrown all the care
of the children on some one
else. / do not know cannot by any
stretch of fancy imAgine what would
have become of them but for this amt,
who has grown mp with them, to whom
they arc devoted, and who has sacrificed
the best part of her youth and life to them
''She has demonstrated, reasoned, suffer-
ed, and toiled, and come again to prevent
a separation between Mrs. Dickens anl me.
Mrs. Dickens has often expressed to her
her sense of her affecticnate care and de-
vOtion in the house never more strongly
than within the last twelve months.
For some years past Mrs. Dickens has
been in The habit of representing 10 me
that it would be better for her TO 90 away
and live apart; that her always increasing
made mental disorder un-
der which she sometimes labors: more.
that she felt herself unfit for the life she
had to lead as my wife. aid that she would
be far better away | have uniformly re-
piled that she must bear our misfortune.
and fight the fight out to the end; that the
children were the first consideration, and
that feared they must bind us together in
'appearance.'
AT length, within three weeks, it was
to me by Forster that even for
their sakes, it would surely be better TO re-
and iearr'nge the unhappy
home. / empowered him to treat with
Mrs. Dickens as the friend of both of ns
Tor one and twenty years. Mrs. Dickens
wished to add. on her part, Mark Lemon,
md did SO. On SATURDAY. last Lemon
wrote to Forster that Mrs. Dick
ans gratefully and thankfully ac-
,epted' the terms l proposed to her. OF
he pecuniary part of them / will only
'ay that believe they are as generous as
4 Mrs. Dickens Were a lady of distinction
md man of fortune. The remaining
,arts OF them are easily described nv
,ldest boy to live with Mrs. Dickens and
% take care of her; my eldest girl to keep
ny house; both my girls and all my chill
iren, but the eldest son. to live with me in
.entias-oa ~nn,p"niunsnip OF ,Loir Aunt
feorgine for whom they have all the tender
st affections that haze evoi seen among
'oung people, and who has "A higher claim
as / have often declared for many years)
lpon my affection. respect, and gratitude
han anybody in this world.
IL hope that no one who may become
lcguinted with what write here, can pos
ibly be so cruel and unjust as to put any
on our separation. SO far.
Ny elder children all understand it per-
ectly, and all accept il is inevitable.
There is not shadow of doubt or con-
'ealment among us. My eldest son and
re as one to it all
1.-Two wicked persons. who should have
poken very different of me, in considera-
ionfof earned respect and gratitude, have
as am told, and, indeed, to my personal
Inowledge) coupled with this separation
he name OF young lady for whom l have
,reat attachment and regard. will not
epeat the name-I honor it too much
Upon my soul and honor, there is not on
his earth a more virtuous and spo.less
,reature than that young lady. / know
Ter to be innocent and pure, and as good
Is any of my own daughters.
Further, l am 4cite sure that Mrs
Dickens, having received this assurance
rom me, must now believe it i'm the respect
know her to have for me, and in the per-
ect confidence 1 know her, in her better
to repose in my truthfulness.
"On this head, again, there il not a shad-
w of doubt or concealment between my
'hi!dreL and me. All is open and plain
Imong ls. as though We We're brothers and
listers. They are perfectly certain that
would not deceive them, and the conf
lence among us is without fear.
&c. D."