To this home he clung with deep-rooted affection; he was to experience

cold and hunger, and the misfortunes and hardships that surround the

poor; but he also tasted of their joys.

Childhood has bright days for every one, and the memory of them

shines through the whole after-life. The boy had many sources of

pleasure and enjoyment; the coast for miles and miles was full of

playthings, for it was a mosaic of pebbles, some red as coral or

yellow as amber, and others again white and rounded like birds' eggs