The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-05-18
The Little Match Girl.

| On one OIL the most lash biODablC street
of this city there lives gentleman an,
his lady, in elegant style, surrounde,
by all that wealth can procure. The,
are pious, good people, never turnin.
those in search Of aims nway withon
relief They atc ehldlcss they one,
had n daughter whom they more thar
worshipped. She was Of that typ,
80 rarely met with tRat tho painter
art conld not copy charms 50 heavenly
She was of n sauguiue temperament
sometimes approaching melancholy
with dark eyes, and raven trcs.cs float
Ing in graceful folds over her shoulders
pure and spotless as parian marble. Sh,
was won BY man, u stranger in IL,
place where her parents then resided
They opposed the union. but the coupl,
intent upon carrying out their designs
planned an elopemcnt which was car
ricd into effect.
This vas somo fifteen years ago, aud
since that time no tidings Of the miss.
ing daughter, save as hereafter TO be
stated, have ever come TO the know
ledge Of the parents. Soon after the
elopemcnt, hcart-brokcp, they left THEN
place ofresidence and travelled all over
the county in hopes Of hearing of the
one they so much loved. Eight years
ago they came to this city, purchased
property, and have lived hero ever
since-rcsidc here now.
In the month of December last. on
n dark, drcary, cold and gloomy day
between twelve and one o'clock. there
was timid ring OF the door bell of the
residence to which we have referred
which was answered by servant girl.
In the door stood little match Girl.
eleven or twelve years efagc pleading
to sell her wares to purchase food. -
Shiverins with cold she was asked in
while the mistress of the house was
summoned to see if she would purchase
OF the little, almost frozen match Girl.
The good lady asked her name, to
which the girl replied, "My name i,
Carrie Ann, after my mother, who died
when was little child"
There was something about the
child that reminded her so strongly OF
her own lost daughter, that the lady
questioned her more closely an | learned
that she lived IN an alley, and that she
had carefully put away picture of her
dead mother. So strongly was the
lady impressed with the child that she
sent the servant with her to get the
picture Of her mother with instruc.
tons to return as soon rs possible.
They soon returned. and .hc lady,
seizlng the Likeness Of the match girl's
mother, recognized in it that Of her
long LOST daus ushter, and then rccogni-
zcd that the poor wandering match
girl was her grand-child, aud the old
lady almost tainted with joy that she
had been so miraculously sent to her.
The little, poor, shivcring, almost
starved match girl is now happily sur,
rounded with all the comforts of life,
and will never, she trusts, hunger
again. She can be seen at church
every Sunday, though few who see her
know her history.
Her mother followed the devious
fortunes Of tho husband she had taken
against the wishes of her parents
Sometimes having the necessarics OF
life, at others suffering the pangs of
poverty and want, until ut last he filled
a degraded grave near this city, and
she soon followed, leaving her little
daughter a wait upon the world. by
some divine providence she was thrown
into the hands Of her friends, and as
we have said, is now happy.-Louis-
giAe Sun.