An Episode in the Career of Pres. MacMahon.

I.

In Algeria, with Bugeaud,

Harassed by a crafty foe,

Were the French, in eighteen hundred thirty-one;

Swarthy Arabs prowled about

Camp and outpost and redoubt

Crouching here and crawling there,

Lurking, gliding everywhere,

Tiger-hearted, under stars and under sun,