The venerable old negro and the white boy shook hands in a long farewell upon the steps of the White House. Then Tom turned away from the historic roof that had so long sheltered him and walked to the railroad station, to take the train for New York. Towser trotted stiffly by his side, trying at every step to lick his master's hand. Tom Strong studied hard at home and then went to Yale, as his father had done before him. Towser could not go with him. The laws of Yale forbade it. That is one of the chief disadvantages of being a dog. Soon after Tom went to New Haven, Towser went to heaven. At least, let us hope he did. He deserved to do so. One of the human things about Martin Luther, the stern founder of Protestantism in Germany in the Sixteenth Century, was that he once said to a tiny girl, weeping over the death of her tiny dog: "Do not cry, little maid; for you will find your dog in heaven and he will have a golden tail." THE END [Illustration: TOWSER "MAY HE REST IN PEACE"] BOOKS FOR YOUNG FOLKS THE DOGS OF BOYTOWN By WALTER A. DYER _Author of "Pierrot, Dog of Belgium," etc._ _Illustrated. $1.50 net_ _New York Sun_: "It takes the cake--in this case, of course, a dog biscuit.... It is the most unusual book of its kind.... Dyer enters a new field for boys ... all boys will want to know about Dogs--their ways and habits, their histories and origins.... Threaded through this wonderful textbook on dogs is the story of adventures of two boys ... shows the reader where to find out about everything from bench shows and the care of puppies to fleas...." THE FIVE BABBITTS AT BONNYACRES By WALTER A. DYER _Illustrated, by J. O. Chapin. $1.50 net_ A back-to-the-farm story for young folks based on actual experience. The farm problems and results are such as could actually occur on thousands of American farms. MAGIC PICTURES OF THE LONG AGO By ANNA CURTIS CHANDLER _With some forty illustrations. $1.30 net_ Each recounts the youth and something of the later life of some striking character in art, history, or literature, and is made very vivid by reproductions of famous pictures, etc. BLUE HERON COVE By FANNIE LEE MCKINNEY _Author of "Nora-Square-Accounts."_ _Illustrated. $1.35 net_ Tells how Blue Heron Island and its seafaring folks change "a little German countess in white satin" into "a real, authentic American girl." THE GUN BOOK By THOMAS H. MCKEE _Profusely illustrated. $1.60 net_