The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1869-11-17

-nffarsdi aud /. toiled, and i come
again to prevent q separation 10
tween Mira Dickens md me. Mrs.
Dickens has often expressed TO her
her sense of her affectionats canet
and devotion .in the bouse-never
more strongly than within tire last
twelve months. orS sss',a
For some years past Mrs. Dick
ems has boen in the habit, OF rep.
esenting TO- me that it would be
better for her 10 20; away and live
apart that her siways iRcreasing
estrangement made q mental dis
order under which she sometimes
labors more, that she. felt herself
unit for the life she had TO lead as
my wife, and that she would be- far
better away. / have uniformly
replied that she must bear onr
misfortune and fight the fight out
to the end; that the children were
the first consideration, and that ]
feared they must bind ms together,
N in appearance ,sat tgH
At length. within these three
weeks, it was suggested to me by
Foster, thar even for. their sakes, il
would surely be better to; recon
Struet and rearrange the unhappy
home. / lempowered him TO treat
with Mrs. Dickens as the friend of
both OF us for one and twenty
years. Mrs. Dickens wished to
add, on her part, Mark Lemon.
and did so. \ On Saturday last
lemon wrote'to Foster that Mrs.
Dickens gratefully and thankful
~ accepted" the terms /. proposed
TO her. Of the. pecuniary part OF
them, l will only say that I believe
tbeysrare as generous as il Mrs.
Dickens were lady Of distinction
and 4 q man of fortune. The re.
manning parts of them arc easily
Hescribed-my eldest boy To live
with Mrs. Dickens and, to take
care of her; my eldest girl to
keep my house; both my girls and
oil my children bnt the eldest con
to live with me in continued com.
panionship oftheir Aunt 0eorgine,
tor whom they have all the tender.
est affections that ! have over seen
among young people, and who has
2 higher claim (as / have often de.
clared for many years) upon my
affection, respect and gratitude
than anybody in this world.
hope that, no one who may be-
come acquainted with what I write
here, can possibly be 30 cruel and
unjust as to put any misconstruc.
don on our separation 90 far. NV
elder children all understand Il
perfectly, and all accept i,yas inev.
table oysg
There is not a shadow Of doubt
or concealmento among tus. INV
eldest son and / are one as to II ali
Two wicked pcrsens, who sbould
have spoken very differently OF
me, in consideration OF earned re-
spect and gratitnde, have ,(as Tam
told, and, Indeed to my personal
knovledge,) coupled with this sep-
aration the name Of Q young lady
for whom ! have great attach
ment and regard. I will not re-
peat the name; I honor It, too
much. Upon my sonl and honor,
there rs not on this earth O more
spotless creature than that young
lady. ] know her 10 be pure, and
as good as my own daughters.
Further, I am quite sure that
Mrs. Dickens, having received this
assurance from ME, must now be.
heye 1t, in the respect I know her
to have for me, and ia the perfect
confidence know her, in her bet.
tor moments, to repose in my
truthfulness.ssw ,.a1'a9 warg 81
On this head, again, there is,not
0 shadow Of donbt or eoncaalment
between my children and me. All
ie open and plain among us, as
though we were brothers and sis.
tersH They are perfectly certain
that ! would not deceive them.
and the confidence among, ne is )
without q fear. .'Zh,rl 4siF.a @. ID.
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