“Look,” said Tommy, “see—”

An armed guard approached, with a solemn gesture of the hand. He simply said,—

“Be reverent.”

GARDEN OF THE TUILERIES.

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The Hotel des Invalides, an asylum for disabled soldiers, of which the church and dome are a part, was founded by Louis XIV. The dome is gilded, and is three hundred and thirty feet high.