r mamma."

"Oh, no," said the Dauphin, quickly, "that will not prevent me from
taking care of my flowers. Many of these gentlemen tell me that they,
too, have little gardens, and if they love the queen as much as their
colonel loves her, mamma will have whole regiments of bouquets every
day."

A cheer showed the boys' appreciation of their little colonel's
sentiment, and the regiment of the Dauphin became one of the most
popular organisations in Paris. Their uniform was a miniature copy of
the French guards, with their three-cornered hats and white jackets,
and whenever they marched through the Place de la Carousel, the people
crowded to see the army of sturdy boys with their handsome little
colonel.

So great was the boys' love for the Dauphin that the officers of the
regiment came to the palace one day to make him a present, in the name
of the whole regiment, and they were enthusiastically received by their
colonel.

"Welcome, my comrades," he cried. "My mamma tells me you have brought
me a present. But it gives me such pleasure to see you that nothing
more is needed."

"But Colonel, you will not refuse our gift?" said a little officer
named Palloy, and he added proudly:

"We bring you a set of dominoes made entirely out of the ruins of the
Bastile."[1]

[1] The Bastile was the national prison, which had been entirely
destroyed by the Revolutionists.

Taking the wrapper from the white marble box, bound with gold, he gave
it to the Dauphin, at the same time reciting the following lines:

"Those glowing walls that once woke our fear
Are changed into the toy we offer here
And when with joyful face the gift you view
Think what the people's love can do."

Joyfully the Dauphin received the beautiful present and listened
eagerly to the explanation of how to play the new game. On the back of
each domino, in the black marble, was a gold letter, and when the whole
set of dominoes was arranged in regular order, they formed this
sentence, Vive le Roi, Vive la Reine, et Vive le Dauphin (Long live the
King, the Queen and the Dauphin). The marble of the box was taken from
the altar-slab in the chapel of the Bastile, and in the middle, in gold
relief, was a picture of King Louis.

"That is my papa!" cried Louis joyfully, when he saw it.

"Yes," said Palloy. "Every one of us bears him in his heart. And like
the King, you will live for the happiness of all, and like him, you
will be the ido