"'You are welcome,' said he to the hunter, 'but where are those who set out upon the long trail with you?'
"'They are not here,' returned the hunter, 'the way was long and toilsome, and their feet grew weary,'
"'Who is that,' again asked the keeper of the gate, 'who stands beside you, and looks upon you with eyes of love?'
"'That is he,' said the hunter, 'who loved me best of all.'
"'His great love and his faithfulness have made him worthy,' said the keeper of the gate. 'He shall enter with you,' and he opened the gate.
"With a bark of joy the dog sprang forward and entered the Happy Hunting Ground beside the master whom he had loved more than his own life."
THE HORACE MANN READERS
By Walter L. Hervey, Ph.D., Member of Board of Examiners, New York City; formerly President of Teachers College; and Melvin Hix, B.S., Principal of Public School No. 9, Long Island City, New York City.
A new series of basal readers shaped by these controlling ideas: personal interest on the part of children in the doings of children of their own age; personal hunger for stories having continuity, development and variety; and the development of a personal power of satisfying the literary appetite. The stories, dialogues, poems, and other selections, are almost entirely of new material.