LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Running along in their midst came the goat boy[Frontispiece]
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"Hold fast, Meggy!... I'm coming down to get you"[17]
He drew her close to him and held her fast[25]
He thought over what he had promised Jordie[33]
With happy song and yodel Moni returned in the evening[45]
He would hunt up a hedge or a bush and hide behind it[57]
"Come out, child! You need not be afraid"[69]
He greedily drank the cool water[83]
Never in his life had Rudi seen so many good things together on a table[97]
He charged down upon the steer[109]
There he stayed for hours without stirring[136]
"Why are you standing out here?... And why are you crying?"[150]
"I'd like to chop down all his trees!"[168]
"The dog will understand instantly, you may depend upon it"[179]
"Brindle, dear Brindle, do you know me?" [203]