#charras

Amongst the crowds were about a hundred old soldiers, who set to work and, in less than an hour made and distributed three thousand cartridges. The spectacle must have been seen in order to realise the animation, high spirits and gaiety that prevailed. Everybody called out something, whether "Vive la République!" or "Vive la Charte!" One man of Charras's band made himself hoarse with shouting "Vive Napoléon II!" The oft-repeated cry at length exciting Charras, who was already, at that period, a strong Republican, he went to this Bonapartist and said— "Look here, do you suppose we are fighting for Napoleon II.?" "You can fight for whom you like," the man replied, "but that's the man I mean to fight for!" "You have the right to, if you wish it, of course.... But if you fight for him you must enlist in some other troop than this." "Oh! that will suit me all right," said the man: "there are plenty of engagements going on nowadays!" He therefore left Charras's ranks and went to seek service in a troop led by a chief who was of less decided opinions.

New York, Cancun, Courbich