KITCHENER AS A BOY

Marlborough Express, Volume L, Issue 155, 3 July 1916, Page 6

KITCHENER AS A BOY

iNTERES rEING INCIDI2CTS

T>BMAJ> OF DEEP WATEOffi

SYDNEY. . Mr Michael Ryrnos, of Ilenty, who is now on a visit to Manly, was-ft schoolmate of Lord' Kitchener. "It is more than fifLy-five years ago," says Mr Byrnes, "since Lord Kitchener Vent to'the old National School at Kilglen; Sweet County Korrv, which I attended. It ,was half-way between Listovvel and TraJoe, Sajid his father, Colonel Kitchener, had a farm called Qrotty Domain. My recollections of the boy Kitchener are ■very distinct, although it is so many ■\ oars ago. We were neighbors and | playmates together, and always the best of chums. We were just about tho same age, botli under ten years, and we wero both nature lovers, and rambled about thk beautiful countryside in each other's company. ~ "STRANGE IN MANY'WATS." "Although there wan nothing very roniarkablo about the boy in the way or clovomess sit school, yet I nave always vividly remomberod liim through tlie long years. No doubt he had a personality. He; was a very strango boy in many •vays, very reserved, and studious. He did not mix with the crowd of schoolboys in thenj pastimes. He preferred being by himself very often, not that he was [stuck up in any shape, ok fofm, and althciigh not many of his seTioolmates shared his confidences, he- was liked and respected by the vhol'e of them, jmVl enjoyed a popularity wiiieh was strange, * considering > ins studiuos moods and attitude of aloofness. He never cared for football or hurley, but was passionately fond of horses. Ho was always hap;;y on horseback,1 and loved to follow the hounds. The sight of the huntsmen and tho dogs, and the sound pf the horn, always woke him out of'his , usunl seriousness, and he used to get very excited and enthusiastic when, the 'lioots were on. ■v i NO SIGN OF CLEARNESS.

; "At school he was not by any moans •a dull boy, L>ut, :.'\s I said' before; lid did riot,^io' bur lninds, at least,/' show any signs of elevernessv Th© masters/ liowevor, thought ,a lot pf, liini, and ho always managed -to get through his lessons difficulty./; "The boy ■ Herbert Wy as , always terribly,/;!frightened/ /of ,his father/ (^olpticifKitchener, : who vas a dour and fsilent^man / nrid 'a^ ;regular niartihet.!, We ' were all afraid of the old Tnan,} xyhp i^sed ;lo chase us out of the but as. long as Herbert Was with him we felt all right. ■ : . '• -' , ("B>eiy. summer ' n re boys used to v spen^ ,^; rnonthv; at! BajuniighV Straridj : si %httl^^atevr|pg^i,:VpT[a\jQ'i *l oii ;i tlie; seaj: "Young" ffvitclieiier "al ways '\ <;aine j with u^, juid \ve; fvll stayed >■': with' uncles and aunts; of mine; ; who lived-/ there. With all nay; family lie was a great favorite, and the womenfolk particu/liirly wereVfond of the /gentlemanly, , qliiet lad. ; Strange to, say, he had a di-ead, of deep /water; "\ a/ big wave ! would always idrive^Jhim iback to slioro,and he would, never go in any depth. The remarkable /thiri^ was that ho was utterly fearless. Ip/ every other direction. Looking ?jack ion'.lns extra-ordiuar^'boyi^ir'-f^'r-'of/th'e^'deep'/sea;. it appears uncannily pathetic hpw, that ho has fo ihid a lonely; grave in, the ;dcpths of j Jhe ocean. Slit tlie boy loved to wandeV by the ;sea/ and our hbjidays were: n'lirity.'s\',iap'pyi- oittihgs. Wlien young -Eiitchener ueftfthe school and ;;the./ineighbbrhodd there was gbneralregret.;-. )'}■",■■ '■' -';-/v,;•■:/•■"■ ";.>":\-/.■