On a bright June morning two figures--one a tall girl and the other a child--could be seen climbing a narrow mountain path that winds up from the pretty village of Mayenfeld, to the lofty heights of the Alm mountain. In spite of the hot June sun the child was clothed as if to keep off the bitterest frost. She did not look more than five years old, but what her natural figure was like would be hard to say, for she had on apparently two dresses, one above the other, and over these a thick red woolen shawl. Her small feet were shod in thick, nailed mountain-shoes. When the wayfarers came to the hamlet known as Doerfli, which is situated half-way up the mountain, they met with greetings from al…
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