Litchfield enquirer., 1862-03-13
THE. SPAHIS' MARCH.

BravisSimo, maestro mo! A little while and Halevy Berlioz, and all must go down before YOU, as you do before me at this moment" Witt that the foot was suddenly withdrawn from the chair leg, and the successful musician, cornet-a. piston in hand, prostrated on the floor.
 "Sacre, Auguste. you shouldn't" said the poor fellow, scrambling awkwardly on his hands and knees. ..,.F
 "Never mind, nsoa braue garcon; for one knock down I'll give you such help up that all Paris shall ring with your fame. '1'he Spahis March, shall be our entrance into every town of conquered Algeria it shall make the house rise with the curtain at the Academic ; and (the door opened to admit young girl carrying rose plant of peculiar shade) it shall be softened into serenade the day claim certain prom ise, Eulalie." The unoccupied hand was at the speakers lips, and bright blush was the only answer. The foregoing scene took place in a small room, not quite garret, in the Quartier Latin; the actors were two young ex-students Of the Ecole Polytechnque, alike in age, but diff fering in every other particular one rich, well born, handsome, with all the good spirits, good fortunes the other, poor, low born, plain, and obliged to husband what spirits he possessed for the life struggle which lay before him. The third person who entered at the conclusion of the scene, was the sister of the latter, pretty young taeu,iste of the Rue Vivienne, who had for some time attracted the attention, and gain cd the fancy, he called it the heart, of Auguste pumont, her brothers very unequal companion. !he two Dupres were orphans, bound together by more than the ordinary bond of affection, their lonely situation. Adolphe had been edu- cated at the Polytechnique where his talent for music had caused an intimacy with Auguste, who loved it passionately and the united at fractions of Adolphes cornet a-piston and Eula- !is's bright eyes brought him to the small room sn the Quaetier Latin oftener than to the gay sa'ons on the opposite bank of the Seine It wss tne time fot Auguste to join the regiment of Spahis in which he had just got his commis- sion, on it's departure for Africa, and he was full ot hopes for himself and promise for his friends. Poor Adolphe had just got the place of trom- eone player in Franconi's orchestra, which might leed to something better, but his brightest hopes seseed on the ultimate success of march he Asd composed, and, in honor of his friends regi- mene, named The Spahis' March this he oouDeed not, would, through Auguste's patron egA realize all the visions men indulge in a.. twenty. And now Auguste rose to depart this nlgntS leave taking could not be like the usual s oemain of the three friends; and young Du nont. who shared with his countrymen taste TOT theatrical effects as we'll as much sentiment, toee. took Eulalie's hand in one of his, and Aaolphes in the other, then holding them both !ogeshef in bis left raised the right, in the right ,n ne attitude of oath taking, Adolphe and naiaiie,' said he, 'brother and sister Dupre, on tae eve Of commencing a career of danger and eiory, hear my resolution though ye share not my danger, ye shall share my glory let the bat Ie % mine, the victory yours. You, Adolphe saAa claim ny promise in the success of youl mach, which will render celebrated; and you xalelie-here he dropped his voice to low ssndsr tone, as he pluckeda bud from the rost eready mentioned, and placed it in her bosom -rom you shall I claim again the rose bud, and vata tt another promise. And now farewell you share it."
 :. And we, on our part" said Adolphe, speak ene tor sister, promise that my march, and he sose buah. shall alone be yours it is all we hay, = Promise or to give" Auguste embraced snem both, and hurried away. The next morn
 eas brother and sister stood outside the bar S:. through which passed the regiment of Spa ne sun shining on the handsome person ant
 saasas uniform of Auguste Dumont, as, full o S happiness, and vanity, he rode past, nod ss 2 recognition to them-if they saw i snfc1gh their tears.
 A1ospae went back to his trombone playing se o sn - het nower making, and both to think e 1Aafusse, the former doubting less than eve ct hls brilliant friends will and mower to nerrorn his promises; the latter, with a more correct in s9ncs. feeling strong misgiving that the dag sing career now stretching before hin, .vor1, oa not cllow him to think of 6is poor ear,u fr;omd in tho Quartier Latin. e"''s ifieno
 He'll soon forget us," sighed she .. s, looked ct the faded rose bud, though she S;d sn s tsy to infect the hopeful spirit of Adolpba v;t 1 Asr doubts. as he preluded the notes of the sns his, March on his inseparable cornet a-pisto, and spoke of Aaguste's and their glorious futur. 6ko let him build his castles, and worked at he 1owen. From time to time the usual report eorsct and incorrect, reached them from th eset of war. Auguste had written to them fro Ms1eilles previous to his authorization; his le tsr was short and joyous he promised to wri srsin from Gran, but he did not. The car paizn had begunin good earnest, 80 most like ks c0uld not. And now the cafes became file uith eager and interested groups talking wit tsus Ralisian animation and the names of B, esand, Cavaignac, Changarnier, and others, ran I0udly in the ears of Paris; caused her walls aziks ont in great placards and afiches, an eoversd the saloons of Luxembourg with Horac yssust's pictures. The Journals and Chamber tnlksd of nothing but razziat and Kahyles. whils ths eis0anfes assumed coifmes q Afiicaiae but n this was public and official, and said notf fnv ahnux AuOuste. Private runor more tha