Chapter 2

HEIDI MAKES USE OF HER EXPERIENCE

XV. PREPARATIONS FOR A JOURNEY 199

XVI. A GUEST ON THE ALP 207

XVII. RETALIATION 219

XVIII. WINTER IN THE VILLAGE 229

XIX. WINTER STILL CONTINUES 243

XX. NEWS FROM DISTANT FRIENDS 252

XXI. ON FURTHER EVENTS ON THE ALP 268

XXII. SOMETHING UNEXPECTED HAPPENS 276

XXIII. PARTING TO MEET AGAIN 293

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE WAVING HER HAND AND LOOKING AFTER HER DEPARTING FRIEND TILL HE LOOKED NO BIGGER THAN A LITTLE DOT _Frontispiece_

SHE UNDID THE HEAVY SHAWL AND THE TWO LITTLE DRESSES 30

HERE A NEAT LITTLE BED WAS PREPARED 41

SHE HANDED HIM ALSO THE WHOLE SLICE OF CHEESE 57

OFF THEY STARTED AT SUCH A PACE THAT HEIDI SHOUTED FOR JOY 71

WHEN HEIDI HEARD THAT SHE STRUGGLED TO GET FREE 92

OFF THEY STARTED, AND SOON HEIDI WAS PULLING THE DOOR-BELL 116

THERE SHE WOULD REMAIN, EATING HER HEART AWAY WITH LONGING 152

THROWING HERSELF IN HER GRANDFATHER'S ARMS, SHE HELD HIM TIGHT 179

WITH HEIDI'S HAND IN HIS THEY WANDERED DOWN TOGETHER 192

THEY ARE COMING, OH, THE DOCTOR IS COMING FIRST 211

THE TWO CHILDREN WERE ALREADY FLYING DOWN THE ALP 241

HE WATCHED HIS FALLEN ENEMY TUMBLING DOWNWARDS, DOWNWARDS 277

PETER SHOT OFF AND RUSHED DOWN THE MOUNTAIN-SIDE, TURNING WILD SOMERSAULTS ON HIS PERILOUS WAY 298