which has always burnt in the bosom of the people.  Revolt has never been put down in La Vendee, since Cathelineau commenced the war in St. Florent.  The people would serve neither the republic nor the empire; the noblesse would not visit the court; their sons have refused commissions in the army, and their daughters have disdained to accept the hands of any, who had forgotten their allegiance to the throne.  Through more than twenty years of suffering and bloodshed, La Vendee has been true to its colour, and now it will receive its reward.”

Chapeau himself, however, more fortunate, though not less faithful, than his compatriots, had not been obliged to wait twenty years for his reward; he owned, with something like a feeling of disgrace, that he had been carrying on his business in Paris, for the last fifteen years, with considerable success and comfort to himself; and he frankly confessed, that he had by practice inured himself to the disagreeable task of shaving, cutting and curling beards and heads, which were devoted to the empire; “but then, Monsieur,” said he apologizing for his conduct, “there was a great difference you know between them and republicans.”

Five-and-thirty years have now passed, since Chapeau was talking, and the Vendeans triumphed in the restoration of Louis XVIII to the throne of his ancestors.  That throne has been again overturned; and, another dynasty having intervened, France is again a Republic.

How long will it be before some second La Vendee shall successfully, but bloodlessly, struggle for another re-establishment of the monarchy?  Surely before the expiration of half a century since the return of Louis, France will congratulate herself on another restoration.

THE END