The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-03-23
The 81 DRY Of Thompson Dunbar.

thirty wo of her; and as she walked
up tho Aaisle, leaning upon the arms of
thirty wO of Thompson Dunbar's
fiiendl the eye of Thompson Dun
bar b amed with joy, and he gazed
with .j4y into her lovely young faces
with Hight anticipations of future
happiA ess in the company of every
one of her. In n few moments the
cerem my was over, and these thirty
three were made one flesh, and
Thorn son Dunbar and his wife re-
treateE down the aisle in single file, and
went 70 their humble home in nine
carrisS les. But unalloyed bliss was
not tel be the portion of Thompson
and hN numerous bride. He was a
sailorl and after lingering for few
days e kissed Mrs. Dunbar good bye,
and pfeeping upon her neck, he tore
himst\ f away aud went to rove on
the b lows of the Pacific Ocean. One
night here was a fearful tempest, and
the G liant bark, after prolonged
cOntelt with the elements, sank to
rise M more. All OH board were lost
but 7 iompson Dunbar. Thic intrepid
tar laf he'd himself securely to the bin
nacleS and SO sustained himself in the
seetf Ing foam for two days. At the
end that time he was east ashore
upon h desert island which was only
nine eet long by six feet wide. Upon
land fig, Mr.. Dunbar surveyed the
rock and, after drafting a map of it,
he ttI pix possession of it i'm the name
of II .e United States, and manu-
fictI ed Il flag from his pocket hand
kerc ief and red flannel shirt,
whic he hoisted on the island. Here
he Ii ed for fifteen years on whatever
fat C fuld be found in the land. He
held elections twice every year, and
celeI Erated the fourth of July and
Was Eington's birthday regularly when
theyi came around, by reading the
Dec ration of Independence and sing
ing be Star Spangled Banner. Thus
did te pass his Years in luxurious ease,
doinE all he could to be comfortable.
But he never ceased to mourn his sep
arat On from his wife, ard to long
to cblsp her, one after another, to his
bos,A IN.
MI antime, how did she bear the af-
flict Eon which had befallen her7 For
the rst two or three years Mrs. Dun
bar Sould go up at evening and stand
all once at each of the thirty
winl ows and gaze out towards the
oce;Hl, straining all sixty-three of her
eyed lone of Mrs. Dunbar had cata-
ract1 to catch aglimpse of her ThOmp-
SON. But Thompson did not come !;
and rs a feeling of sadness stole over
her loul, Mrs. Dunbar would bow her
heaEs 5 over the infantsin her arms and
weep, while she sang thirty-two lul-
lab,Es, and accuse some other one of
her 3,f her singing fat, and not of
kee ling time. But at last she gave
up Hill hope OF Thompson's return,
andS agreed that he must be dead.
So, as soon as it was known she had
made up her mind on the subject, Mr..
Arl ttus Jones had a revelation that
he tnust marry Dunbar's widow.
Arl Illus Jones had loved her-when
she fwas maidens but she had refused
him unanimously. But now he began
to press his suit again. Often he
wolld take her by as many of her lit
tie 7lands as he could conveniently
hol4, and would stroll with her into
sonfs quiet grassy dell, and she would
arr;1nge herself around in circle by
the Tide of some bubbling brook, while
he Int in the centre, and whispered
soft words of love to her, and walked
arc nd and pressed each of her hands,
andlet the love-Eght of his eyes shine
on Ter faces and warm the f1ickering
flarke in her hearts.
last, having given up all hope of
eve seeing her dear Thompson, Mrs.
Du fbar, by a vote of q to 4-the wo-
ma with the cataract not voting
con Bented to become the wife of Ar
~ interval of ten years elapsed be-
tween this part of the story and that
which is to come.
thompson Dunbar, at the end OF
his Fifteenth year on the island, was
res Aaed by boat-club which was pas
ingtby ON its way to q regatta. He
welt home to Utah, and marched up
theshill to his house, in the evening.
woz zdering which Mrs. Dunbar he
wo5ld kiss first, so as not to make the
othtrs jealous and sacrifice his hair,
Thfre was light in the window, and
Th 2mpson thought he would peep in
beilre he presented himself. What q
Oaible spectacle met his eyes! There
he Eaw his wife sitting up against the
wa on all four sides of the room, and
Fl Nv of her gathered around the cen.
tire ttable knitting. And Arbutus Jones
his lold rival, occupied the arm chair
and held six infants on each knee
WI lie he tried to amuse one hundred
AM thirty-eight other children wht
weIe playing on the floor, and to- roci
sefen cradles with his toes and coup
link machine of his own invention.
Truly it was a lovely domesti'
see Iae-that affeetionate little famil,
col fected about it's peaceful hearth
stone! But when Thompson Dunba