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to say to him. :. ATAxralE i. DEsvEnuElts.
OF Judge Dunniug, tho Iossinnstcr Mt
Atlanta, who diel, h foN days Hl,co.' tIio Chat
tnnooga 1ia,cs says: :" l1o hat boen n most I'M
fSsS ,usa4 o n ha aDY m ,a "s shs e1o " " nS1t
to s7.0o9, which tlo' Judge mada good. Ills
SECOND caAh c]oris, his own sun, followed lilo ex-
amplo Of Tho first, mid ai:an tho sturdy POST
n'ehlor saved the Government from logs. No
doubt lis troubles habtonol his t1catL."
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DICKENS.
r1ls scn:a:ntiofi' FROM, Ellis yyirc+-A ii As,-
ccsis;tc oT 1iiilco1.l Told to Dicf1ct1
ny 5ttl,iran.
Front Tic Nes yoys nrralas Rrricr Of tsc Third FOL
nmc NJ torstsrs Life If Dtrk'na.
-. TliE SErAnAI1ON FROM Ills WIFE.
NIt. Forster ieaslH lii up to the ,no ot Diclt-
CHS separation FROM htB vito by delicate aualy-
Sta Of Tho 1ioyoists cfIaractor. DoHplBng soclo~
ty and falling to find in lis homo tllus6 satibfuc-
tons which tho true homo life demands, tone
Of rcstloss,sess became apparent about 1857. II
Diukona Ind ally social Tendencies it vas for
those Gos,eath rathct that, these above him III
lfo. This IL attributed to defects Of tonlpcra~
mlcnt coming from curly trials md sucecsAcs::
remuneration and self f-sacrfl1ce. Until "Coppcr-.
field "was iinisetl hs life waa in Lis books. Ills
friendships werowtl tho eroatt,ros at llis rie!.
md marvellous fancy. Combined with 1abitH Of
singular proviHioh, n'othod a,d order, hd Ind m
inlpaiionce Of llature, rushing ut enjoyment
without counting its cost. After ''Coprcriicld "
l.,g imagination Aeeuicdto full, to want s,N,r
Whilo lis subsequent works embodied creations
Of character and lnlnlor na fine aa any In his
EARLIER days'@Mnfigola, hsrper, Tip, -he hnt
N1r. Forster noted, ''thore canlo from time to
ti,no intervals Of unu''sal inapatici'co ata rest-
lesBtloaB, strange to Hco in connection with bis
homo" otl pulaultu wore laid aside for, new
occupations al.l oxcitcments, s,-political nd
dreHacs private thcatrcala readings, "strolling,
by which life might become easier. This cray-
ing called from Forster tho rcnio,,ntraneo Of
Friendship, aud to ono of these entrcaties VIC
flud Dickens, in 1857, saying, sadly: - hive no
OF rest el,ould rust, bfoak and die II ! spared
myself. Much bettor to {io DOING" Other lot.
terA hroatho strarge yeaEntnga. At onetisne lie
wialos to 1.-Two in tho prronces for six months.
above tho snow line. III :!sso,ne astonishing con-
WON'T" sA1n altogether i'll Il disteyelcd Btato
of inind-motos Of rewbooka in tho dirty nif."
"Why il it, lse crlcs, that Ressse comes al
ways crushing on 1ilo, Us Of ono happinoss
hnyc missed in lifc md one: friend ai'd CON-
paulon + haye novor u,ado ?" Again tho
serious idea OF winter Oh Tho top of Mount
St. Dcrnay1, with tlis monks and dogs for +,
whole wintor. Anotlior timo his fanoy flies to
Australia only ho @ VII q hnish @ little o; Dorrt
lo means, "al,all r. ovor, wonder, got tho
framo Of rnal back I'll it uacd to 10 thor?" II
fcol that tho skelotonin my domestic closet iB a
pratty big oiso."
Thon casne the sorrowtal avowal-not a!-
together unexpected, says Dir. Forator, but " n
gront shock, ,ioyortl,oleAs." "Poor Catherine"
writes MISUNDERSTANDING being Aia wifo-sa,itl
arc not 1nado for oacl othor, md there is no
help for it. 1t is nut ONLY that sho makes 1no
uneasy osHa uMhnrpy, but TINT ! n.ske her 30,
you know in tho way Of being amfab'o r,ld com
plying but wo ,nro strangely nssortcd for tho
bond thoro is 6otwccu us. God knowH she
would have lcon tllolleand times happier il
sl1o Ind married another kind Of man, ,'atld tint
hor avoidance Of this destiny would hive bne,a
at loast equally good for us both. l ain otter,
cut to tho acart by thinking what pity it is,
for her sake, that I over foil iii. hor
way" "Notiing on cartl. could make lcr
understand mo or suit -, III to each
mine." What is now hefalling mo have seen
steadily coming binca Mary was born, ana l know
too vol tllat yo,l cannot, alld no QUO can llulp
NO." Agatn another lettor: "trho years hnvo
not mado it oasor to bear for either Of ua; ansi,
for her sake III vol rs mine, tho wish will forct,
and again VI claim no immunity from blanc.
TAoro il plenty Of fnutt OIL my hi1o. tare say,
III tho wny Of r. Thousand N11cortNntieB, cAl,rcos,
md diliicultios Of d|spoaition but only ono tlIin:
wll altor all ll'at' and that il, tho oud. wlic!l
TlliH was in lS57. In 1868 Mr.. Dickens and 9la
vito lived npart: ''Tl,o eldest son vent with his
mother, Dietolis at once giving effect TO her OK
pressed wish in this respect; aud tho other chill
remained with HIMSELF tl!erintcrcoursc with
Mira Dichons being left entirely to themselves"
They neyer mot dnriug' tho remainder Of their
lives. She Ind llyod with him u quarter Of n
century a..d haa borno him ten children. Sho
was tho wife Of bls'youtl, a,t hiH fa.ne. Doforo
1,o
his will ~ sledlre here simply to record the
fact that my vito, sIlcB her separation by con-
sent, },ua been in tho receipt from mo of an a-
rual INCOME Of IGoo, wlilo al! tho grtnt charges
wholly upo., mysolf." The man wllo dismissed
his wife and who wrote these words, wins t!lo
creator Of Agnes md tho Hwoot, beautiful story
Of loyo nlll devotion which tint fauclul lifo
contained. 1t il nut for iii to look tleeply into
the hearts Of mon lille Dickens, md Byron, or
thu inspiration Of gonius. But this narrative,
oven aa 1tr. Forslor tclH it, IL Bad story Of inl-
pnlao and Eollihhpcss, and 1t so darlcns tho
character Of Dickens TINT We tnrn from its coll
temptation with bitter, bitter sorrow.
ANEcnorE OF I.1FcoLN
It wiil fsaya Alr. fostorl be no violation Of the
rule Of avoiding private detail il tile very intos-
osting close OF thiH lGlker f0ne wrttcn by Dick
OILS from Washiugtonl iB giycn. lts anecdoto OF
President Lincoln was repeatedly told by Dict-
slty 10 Withhold from it tho authority Of A1r,
til1nner's namo: ~ am going tomorrow to
Hoo the President, who has aont to mo twice.
tlinod with Charles Summer Inst S.ln1ay, against
my rule; and, M l Lad stipulated Tor ITO party
Mr.. Hecretary Slnnton was the only otlor guest
With n very remarkable ,nlomory. aud exsraorll'
1larily familiar with MY lookB. 1Ie mud Summer
having beeu tho tlrst two public mon at the
dying Presidents bedside, and having roMainot