Crockett's Youth

An aunt of S. R. Crockett, the Scotch writer, has lived in Springfield, O. , for 33 years. She says that among his boyish traits which excited coninient was bis willingness to make any sacrifico for books. Every penny was saved with tiiat object iu view. As he grew older he would spend days upon the hills studying the landscapes he would portray with his pen and writing to gain greater grace and facility.