cannon and placed there by louis on the of the fence the students saw many wreaths of placed there by the old soldiers of napoleon passing through the de la the party glanced at the grand h and the magnificent opera house then in process of and next visited the which stands on part of the old of the where louis xvi and were hurried without ceremony into tl ir graves the remains of the king and queen were and removed to st the burial place of the kings of france and this chapel was erected as an memorial of their unhappy fate the next object of interest was the a large and magnificent church built in imitation of a greek temple it was commenced in but suspended during the revolution napoleon in the midst of his splendid that it should be altered into a temple of glory but in its object was again changed though it was not com young america in france and till it is surrounded with columns and on the is an immense bass relief of the last judgment the central figure of which is the with christ the interior is very decorated the stands at the head of the royal a broad street leading to the place de la from which its classic front may be seen passing through the square and over the bridge called the de la the company reached the du corps it is a handsome old building built by the whose name it once bore various bodies have held their here from to the present time from this structure the party proceeded to the h des an immense establishment for old soldiers the of the front building is over six hundred feet long the are on the left in which provisions for six thousand men can be cooked every day though the occupants of the institution are less than half that number both ofl and are at the but the rank of the former is carefully respected for they eat and sleep by themselves while those above the rank of captain dine in their own rooms the chambers each contain fifty single beds the principal articles of food are soup beef and with a a pint and three quarters of wine a day the students gazed with interest at the number and size of the soup and at the quantities of meat and vegetables they contained they regarded with wonder the old soldiers who had followed palace and cottage or the great french captain in his mighty they all wear a long blue frock coat and cocked hat and when on guard around the building they carry a in the chapel hundreds of them were telling their beads and saying their prayers this apartment over two hundred feet long is decorated with flags taken in battle on sundays the old soldiers attend a military mass at noon after which there is a grand parade in the square which contains a great number of captured cannon that are fired on national occasions the main building is surmounted by an immense dome the summit of which is three hundred and twenty four feet high the entrance to the church of the or st louis is at the south end of the building all the treasures of art have been upon the interior construction the floor in the middle of the church has a circular opening surrounded by a marble in the middle of which in the below is the of napoleon i two marble wind down to the vault on each side of which are monuments to the emperor s faithful friends and over the entrance is an extract from napoleon s will i desire that my remains may repose on the banks of the in the midst of the french people whom i have loved so much the urn of the emperor is of polished red in one block weighing thirteen tons and was brought from lake in is also buried in this church the boys were not a little moved by the solemn young america in france and grandeur of the place which seemed to render real all they had read of the great captain a hasty glance at the s palace and the vast military school which fronts the de completed their observations in that vicinity and they returned to the hotel ready for dinner and cottage or chapter xvi v the of the after the choice of officers on board of the a consultation was held to determine what course should be pursued it was dark when the election was finished and the vessel was still headed towards the broad atlantic west by compass during the the rough shores of the channel islands had been seen in the distance and before the darkness settled down the were out of sight of land now fellows we must decide what to do and where to go said after supper had been disposed of i thought it was decided already that we were to go up the green way who had been an for the office of fourth lieutenant as indeed seven of those who now found themselves common had been that was the idea before we started but i am satisfied that will send a l t of out after us added by the suggestion of they can t catch us now said we have been out twenty hours with a fresh breeze and young america in france and jl not many of those french make more knots an hour than we do � we can easily keep out of the way of the if we stick her right out to sea continued i don t believe in that protested the it will be nothing but hard work and no fun that s so in who as one of the foremost of the knights was bitterly out of joint because he had failed to receive the of a majority of his 