HIS BIRTHPLACE AND EARLY TRAINING. 1 1 



with enjoyment; and hunger, calling a halt, sent them 

 back to town. 



Though he could not then understand the stirring 

 history and cruel tragedies that had passed within those 

 crumbling, grey-lichened walls, these were glorious days, 

 "grand times," as John used to call them. They were 

 more they were an unrivalled training of the future man. 



