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The Story Of A Young Orphan In Switzerland

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	THE WINTER STILL CONTINUES                273
	by the throat and carry him where he would not care to go. On the following afternoon Heidi read : — " If now you fail to know the W, There hangs a stick and it will trouble you.'1'' Then Peter looked around and said scornfully : — "There is n't any." " Yes, there is ; don't you know what grandfather has in the chest?" asked Heidi. "A stick as big around as my arm, and when he takes it out he can say : — " ' Behold the stick, and it will trouble you.'' Peter knew the big hazel stick. He bent over his W at once and tried to grasp it. The next day it read : — " If you the letter X forget, For you no supper will be set." Then Peter looked inquiringly toward the cupboard where the bread and cheese were kept, and said snap­pishly : — " I have never said that I should forget X." "That is right, if you don't forget it; then we can learn one letter more," suggested Heidi; "and to-mor­row you will have only one left." Peter was not agreed, but Heidi read : -*- Then there rose before Peter's eyes all the masters in Frankfurt with their tall, black hats on their heads and