The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-10-07
THE TRIBUNE.
The DICKENS SCANDAL.
4 Fun Statement from Mr.. Dickens
OF His Family

4 Full Statement from Mr.. Dickens
Of His Family.
The following letter is published by
the Folio new Boston weekly, as being
from Charles Dickens himself and \.
being published by his permission
My DEAN: Mrs. Dickens and
have lived unhappily together for many
years. Hardly anyone who has known
US intimately can fail to have known that
We are, In all respects OF character anu
temperament, wo lderfully unsulted to each
other. | suppose that no Two persons. not
vicious In themselves, ever were joined
together who had greater dlfhcuity In
understanding one another, or who had
less in common. An attached woman
servant tmcre friend to both OF US than a
servant), who had lived with Us sixteen
years, and is now married, and who was
and still is, in Mrs. Dickens confidence
and mine, who had the closest familiar
experience of this unhapplness III London,
in France, Italy, wherever we have
been year after year. month after month,
week after week and day after day Will
give testimony to this.
Nothing ha i, on many occaslon s stood
between US and scperauon, but, Mrs
Dickens, sister Georglne, Hogarth. From
age of fifteen she has devoted herself to our
house and children. She has been their
playmate nurse. lnstructress. friend, pro
tectress, adviser aud companion. In the
manly consideration towards Mrs. Dick
ems which owe to my wife. | will merely
remark t3 her that the peculiarly OF her
character has thrown all the care OF the
children on somebody else. L do not
know cannot by any stretch OF fancy
imagine-what would have become OF
them but for this aunt, who has grown
up with them, to whom they are devoted,
and who has sacrificed the best part OF
her youth and life to them,
..She has demonstrated, reasoned,
suffered and toiled, and come again to
prevent separation between Mrs. DICK
ems and me. Mrs Dickens has often
expressed to her her sense of her affec-
tomato care and devotion in the house
never more strongly than within the last
twelve months.
"F'or some years past Mrs. Dickens has
been in the habit of representing that 1T
would be better for her to go away and
live apart; that her always increasing
enhancement made mental disorder
under which she sometimes iabors more,
that she felt her self unfit for the life she
had to lead as my wife, and that she
would be far better away. L have uni
formiy replied that she must bear our
misfortune, and fight the fight out to the
end; that the children were the first con-
sideration, and that | feared they must
bind us together in appearance
AT lengtn, within three weeks, it was
suggested to me by Forester that even
~ 90 hos would S,ra1xy no hpt-
ter to construct and rearrange the unhap-
py home. [ empowered him to treat
with Mrs. Dickens as the friend of
both for one and twenty years. Mrs
Dickens wanted to add, on her part
Mark Lemon, and did so. On Saturday
last Lemon wrote to Forester that Mrs.
Dickens gratefully and thankfully ac
cepted, the. germs, proposed to her. Of the
pecuniary part of them Twill only say that
they are as generous as if Mrs. Dickens
were a lady of distinction and | man OF
fortune The remaining parts OF them
are easily dcscribed-my eldest boy To
live with Mrs Diccns, and to take care
of her. my eldest girl to Keep my house
both my girls and all my children,
but the eldest son. to live with me
in continued comp ninnship with their
auut Ieprginc from whom Fhel Will have
all the tcn,crc,t affections that i have
ever seen anon. young people, AMI WHO
has a higher claim n | have often dc
ciarcd FIR many years. upon my a fecfl"n.
respect AMI gratitude than anybody III
this world.
Il hope that no one WHO may become
acotrtintel wi h what write here can
possibly be cruel and unjust as 70 pnt
any miScun>tructlan on nur se'feratlnn on
so far. Ny elder chiilrcu Ill undn ~
stand l. perfectly, aud all accept 1t Is
u table.
Ii,cre is t {, shadow of doubt or con.
c.a,m.nt among us My eldest son and
| are a one to 1t al.
1.-Two wicked persons who should have
spoken very differ ,nt of me IN consider
ton of earnest respect and gratitude.
have (as am told and indeed. to my
personal knowlelge) coupled with this
separation the name of young lady tor
whom have great attachment AMI =
gard [ will not ren.at the na'He-l
honor it too much Unon my soul and
honor there Is not a more vlrtuous and
spotlets creature on earth than that
young lady | know her to be innocent
and pure an. as good as any of my own
daughter
'-Furthcr, [ am quite sure that Mrs.
Dickens, having received this assurance
from me, must now believe it in the re-
spcct know her to have fcr me, and in
the perfect confidence, [ know her in her
better moments, to repose in my truth
tulness.
ION this head. again there is not
shadow of concealment bet Seen my
children and me All is open and plain
among as though we were brothers and
sisters. They are perfectly certain that
I would not deceive them and the conf
dcnce among US Is without fear.
&C d."