Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-11-23

prool Complete" 70 was sent forth
t0 a skeptcal world az the work OF
Charles Dickens spirit aided and abet-
ted by a medium OF BrattlebOro, VT. II
abOuuded in ineXplicable blunders and
grammatical vagarics IL brought 3D.
win brood back 90 life and dealt out
retributiyc Justice To- Jasper by depriv-
4ng him OF his reason and consigning
him to "a madhouse.
ENGLISH CONCLUSION.
in the assurance that no one could
possibly "go ono better than q s0lu-
tiou of The Mystery by the ghost Of
its author. America gave up construct
ing seeuels TO Dickens work after this
and hts own country folk took % tho
game. A woman OF some literary repu-
tation IN the north OF England. writing
under the queer pen name OF "Gillan
Vase issued a three volume cOnoh.
sion OF the unfinished work under tho
title. "a Great Mystery Solved" There
again brood escapes from tho tomb
20 which Jasper consigned him and the
villain makes a dramatic exit bv CON-
hitting suicide In Tfrf.
Richard A. Proctor. the astrnnorner.
wearying Of his studies Of The myster-
les of the heavens. solaced himself by
studying Dickeus's mundane mystery.
His speculations were published under
the title Watched by the Dead: a
Loving Study Of Dickeus's Halr-Toid
Tale The watcher rs Edwin brood.
who, escaping from the death which
Jasper had planned FOR him. devotes
himself 10 bringing Jasper 90 justice.
PLOT OF THE PLAY.
There is no space IN mention the nu-
merous magazine articles on the sub
sect that have been published from
time 20 time But the reader Win want
Go know what Dickens intended should
De the fate Of Edwin brood The ans
ver to that question as revealed by the
play. is that Jasper ala murder brood
Which shows that all--0r nearly all-of
those who have tried In reconstruct
the conclusion or "rho Mystery from
the clues LEFT by Dickens have been
bafaod by him and that he was equal
90 The task he had set himself
The play. which / have been per-
mitted to read. is good. sound. old
fashioned melodraWa. ending In
weird form Of death for Jasper 10 was
written subsequent to Charles Dickens
JIs. tour U The United States IN "a
series of readings from hls fathers
work. and was done in conformation
with the late Joseph Hatton with the
idea OF meeting tine requirements OF
d. s. willard lt was sent over 20 tho
United States. and WIS. ] believe. aC-
tually put iu rehearsal thero but for
SOME reason or other was ueycr pro-
duced and was Dlge1u-holed. and never
came to llfht again until "a rev weeks
ago, fuFt before Joseph Hatton'a death.
DEEMED DISSERTATION
the queer thing about lt was that he
late Charles Dickens, Jr., never made
tho slightest capital ONT ~ the fact
that the play contained The ending OF
the story as his father had planned it.
ore one great fact that would have
made the play Instantly marketable. He
was "a peculiarly reserved and uucom-
mCroIu minded man, t0 whom tho
financial importance OF the iufouua
zion given 90 him by his father would
have made uo appeal To was generally
understood at the time that the great
novelist had passed uu to his eldest
son hls plans fHr the completion OF Ed
win brood" and Boz consequence Char
les Dickens. Ir. was. after his fathers
death boaet with offers % finish the
novel Thesr be- refused. a. ~ was the
feeling OF the family at THAI time that
it would ha n Kind of Dissertation for
any ono else tO assume the mantle Of
Elijah lt might seem strange that
Forster Dickcns'a hingapher. knew
nothing about the circumstances, but
this is t0 be explained by the fact
that Charles Dickens. Jr. and John
Forster were not on good terms. Al
though thr ftcts were well known t3 on
the momhers or the family of Charles
Dickens. Dr.. apparently they were ueY-
on communicated 90 me other mem
bcrs ~ the family.
CHARLES OGDENs.