rriages stopped, and they were escorted back to the
Tuileries by a shouting shrieking mob of men and women who were
fiendishly glad of their capture. After that the King and Queen and the
Dauphin were always treated as prisoners in their own palace, with
guards set over them to watch their every movement, and the poor little
Dauphin could not go out nor play freely and happily as could the
poorest peasant child in France. After some months had passed, however,
the fury of the people grew somewhat less, and they were allowed to
close the doors of their rooms when they wished, and to walk out in the
gardens once more. It even seemed for some time as if what King Louis
had done to win back the trust of his people had been successful, and
that the throne of France might regain its dignity and power before
that time when Louis the Dauphin, should come into his inheritance.

He, meanwhile, was filling this period of calm with such affairs as
interested and amused him, and his greatest joy was that he was again
allowed to work in his garden. Although it was so small in comparison
to that at Versailles, it was yet a bit of paradise to him, and as soon
as his study hours were over, he always hurried out to dig his ground,
and water and pick his blossoms, and it was the great delight of those
subjects who loved the manly little fellow, to stand outside the fence
and watch him as he worked. The Dauphin was generally accompanied, when
he went outside the palace, by several soldiers from the detachment of
the National Guard, who were on duty at the Tuileries, and the boy
himself, who was now having military drills, generally wore the uniform
of the National Guard, and so charming and so manly was this little
National Guardsman of six years, that he became the idol of Paris. Fans
and lockets were decorated with his picture, which society women wore,
and everywhere the beauty and wit of the little fellow were talked of.

The boys of Paris shared the enthusiasm of their elders, and formed
themselves into a regiment, which was called the Regiment of the
Dauphin, which, with the king's permission, marched to the Tuileries to
parade before the Dauphin. As usual, he was found in his garden, and
was anxious to show his treasures to them even before he answered their
request that he become Colonel of their regiment. When he accepted the
honour urged upon him, one of the officers said:

"But that will mean giving up gathering flowers for you