Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-01-01
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The papers are hsssng much 10 saJ
about tbe separation of Charles Dickens
from his wire. The fo!IdMinz is The
Story - foId BY Dickens hishseIf:
AIRS. Dickens and have I'd unhap-
! PLY together Iof mans ys1 Hardly
any csae who has known ~ Intimately
1 esn 9siI 10 have kn0wa lllaf we are. ia
all respects Of character and temp<ra-
usknk, w0ndeffusIy nftpfled 20 *seh
cher suppose lbsf 30 two people,
not vicious II themselves, ever mert
joined together ho bad greater difIss
Guilty In understanding one another, Of
ssfss - asss i cossmon ~ asteehel
woman servant (more friend to both 81
us than servant, who lived with Us
sixteen years. and u now married, aud
who was. and still is, in Mrs. Dickens
confidence and mine, who bad The clos
cts familiar experience Of this unbsppi-
ness In London. "a France, IN Italy.
wherever we have been. year afleF
year. Enossth after month, week aitef
week. day alter day. will bear lestimp-
ny 10 Ibis. e
Nothing has. on many eccasions, stood
between 90 sad aseparation hut Mrs.
Dickens sister, GeoFgine HogaFth.-
From the sge Of IS abe has devoted
heFreil 20 COR house and or cbildren.
She has been their pIay-male. nurse.
instrnetfess. friend, protector adviser.
snd eompanioa. In the manly consid-
eraliohs toward Mrs. Dickens, which |
owe 10 my wifes win only remark OF
her that ihe peenliaFsty Of her eharac-
ter has thrown All the children on some
one else. DO not know III cannot BY
any stretch Of fancy imsgIue-whai
would have become oi th~n bot for
this aunt. who has grown up with them.
to whom they are devoted and who has
sacrifice d the bsst part Of her youth and
life 10 them. 80
She has demonstrated, reasoned, suf-
fered. and toiled, and came again to
prevent . separation between Mrs.
Dickens and me- Mrs. Dickens had
often EXPIRE ssed 70 her. .hegsense OF afFec-
tionate care end devotion In The house
never more strongly than within the
last twelve months. &
For some years past Mrs. Dickens
has been 10 the habit of representing 70
me that il would be better for her TO go
away and live apart, that her always
increasing estrsngement made mem
ial disorder under which she sometim eS
labors: more. that she felt herself unfit
for the life she has to lead as my wife.
and that she would be better Gar away
I have uniformity replied that she
must bear our misfortune, and fight the
feht out to the end: that the children
were the first confederation. and that
feared they must bind Us together ain
appearance"
Al length, within these three weeks.
Il was suggested TO me by Foster that
even for their sakes itgwould surely be-
better 10 reconstruct and rearrange their
unhappy home. / empowered him %
treat with Mrs. Dickens, as the friend
OF both Of Us for twenty years. Mrr.
Dickens wished TO add on Der part Mark
Lemon, and did so. On Saturday last
Lemon wrote 10 Foster that Mrs. Dick
ems gratefully and thankfully sccep-
ted' she terms had proposed to heF.--
or The pecuniary part Of then win
only say that ] believe they are as gem
erous Is if Mrs. Dickens were 0 lady of
distinction and I man OF fortune. The
remainiag parts OF shem are easily des-
cribed-my eldest boy to live. with
Mrs. Dickens and 10 take care oil her:
my eldest girl to keep my house, and
A~sAh wuas .~s.l. ~ "A ~ll-,ne, ~hsfI~an k.sa
The eldest daughter. 10 live with me in
the continued compenionship of their
aunt Georglne Tor whom they have all
the tenderest affections that | have ever
seen among young people, and who has
q higher claim Gas / often declared for
many years) upon my affection. respect,
and grSiitede than anybody IN this
world.
hope that no one who may become
acquainted with what ! write here can
possibly be so cruel and unjust as to put
any misconstruction on our separation.
so far. My elder children alf under
stand It perfectly. and all accept il as
inevitable. te-
There is not n shadow of a doubt or
eonceaIment among rs. My eldest son
and ! are one a< 70 il ell.
Two wicked persons no should have
spoken differently Of me, ~ considera-
ton Of earnest respect aud gratitude,
have (as am told, and indeed 10 my
personal knowledge) coupled with this
separation the meme OF a young lady for
" hom have great attachment snd
regard. ] Will NOT repeat her name-I
honor it too much. Upon my soul and
honor. there il not On iais earth more
virtuous and spOtless creature than that
young lady. | know her to be innocent
and pare. and as good as my owu dear
daughters.
Further, I am quite sure that Mrs.
Dickens. having receivedthis assurance
from me. must now believe 1t in the
respect know her. to have for me, and
in The perfect confidence ] know her in
her better moments TO rep0<e in my
truthfnlness. .s
On this head, again, there 10 not .
shadow OF doabt or concealment be-
tween nv. ehildfsn. end me. All i open
and plain ssaons us, as though We were
brothers and sislers. They are perfect
~ certain that would NOT deceive
them. and the ronEdence among ns is
without fesr. e. ID.
NIr. end Mrs. Dickens lived apart
during The remainder ofthe formeF's life.
she eldest child. youth Of twenty.
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