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 Part I Heidi's Years of Learning and Travel [Illustration] HEIDI I GOING UP TO THE ALM-UNCLE The little old town of Mayenfeld is charmingly situated. From it a footpath leads through green, well-wooded stretches to the foot of the heights which look down imposingly upon the valley. Where the footpath begins to go steeply and abruptly up the Alps, the heath, with its short grass and pungent herbage, at once sends out its soft perfume to meet the wayfarer.