The children's book; a collection of the best and most famous stories and poems in the English language (1910)
Scudder, Horace Elisha, 1838-1902 · Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and company · leaf 244
vanish like thewarm fire, the warm food, and the great, gloriousChristmas-tree! And she hastily rubbed the whole bundle ofmatches, for she wished to hold her grandmotherfast. And the matches burned with such a glowthat it became brighter than in the middle of theday; grandmother had never been so… … But in the corner, leaning against the wall, satthe poor girl with red cheeks and smiling mouth,frozen to death on the last evenilig of the OldYear. The New Years sun rose upon a littlecorpse! The child sat there, stiff and cold, withthe matches, of which one bundle was burned. She wanted to warm…
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