il.

"'Nay,' said the hunter, 'I may not stop. The Master of Life must be
obeyed. The summons was not to you, but to me. Rest here beside the
trail, and when your strength has returned, go back to the wigwam and
dwell with our two sons until the Death Man-i-tou comes for you.'

"Then he went on, up the steep trail. He had not noticed the dog, who,
footsore and famished, now limped painfully at his heels, and when he
camped for the night, came silently and lay down at his feet.

"The next morning, they arose and continued their journey. After many
days, they saw far before them a narrow gap between two tall snow-capped
mountains. Through this the trail went, and at the further end they
found the gateway to the Happy Hunting Ground. Beside the gateway stood
the lodge of the keeper of the gate.

"Before the lodge the hunter stopped and lifted up his voice, and cried,
'The Master of Life called. Here am I.'

"Hearing his cry, the keeper of the gate came from his lodge.

"'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."

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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.

This material is _varied_; and was selected because of its
_intrinsic interest_--action, appeal to self-activity. The less