Little Pierre . retcher. At thecorner of the Rue Saint-Florentin, a grocer of liberalconvictions delivered himself of an harangue andpresented him with a medal stamped with a figure ofLa Fayette. As the procession hove in sight, thedefenders of the barricades dragged paving stones,casks, carts and everything out of the way in orderto clear a passage for the wounded man. All alongthe route the rebel sentries presented arms, drumsbeat a salute, bugles sounded. Shouts of Hurrahfor the peoples defender. Hurrah for the supporterof the Charter! Long live the champion of Libertymounted up through a g
Little Pierre . retcher. At thecorner of the Rue Saint-Florentin, a grocer of liberalconvictions delivered himself of an harangue andpresented him with a medal stamped with a figure ofLa Fayette. As the procession hove in sight, thedefenders of the barricades dragged paving stones,casks, carts and everything out of the way in orderto clear a passage for the wounded man. All alongthe route the rebel sentries presented arms, drumsbeat a salute, bugles sounded. Shouts of Hurrahfor the peoples defender. Hurrah for the supporterof the Charter! Long live the champion of Libertymounted up through a glare of dust and sunlight toa brazen sky. At every drink-shop glasses filled withruby liquid flew to the lips of the unknown herostretched on his couch of glory, and whole bottleswent to slake the thirst of his bearers who weresmoking like cassolettes. And Uncle Hyacinthe was deposited with honourin the shop of Madame Constance, laundress, atthe corner of the Place de la Bastille and the Fau-bourg CHAPTER XXIII BARA HAT I find fault with, said mymother, after recounting thisepisode of a disreputable career isthat Hyacinthe, by this piece oftrickery, usurped the prerogativesof misfortune and counterfeited a He ran a big risk in so doing, said my god-father. The popular enthusiasm he had excitedwould have immediately turned to fury if he hadbeen found out. He would have been treated withignominy by those who had honoured him as a noblecitizen and he might have been torn to pieces bythe furies who had given him drink. An armed mobis capable of any outrage. Nevertheless it must beallowed that the Parisian populace displayed muchrestraint during the Trots Glorieuses and in no wiseabused their victory. The wealthy middle classesand the learned societies fought side by side withWorking men; the students of the ficole Polytech-nique did a great deal to make success a for the most part they distinguished themselvesby acts of heroism and humanity. One of the
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