THE MAIL-COACH PASSENGERS
1872
FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
THE MAIL-COACH PASSENGERS
by Hans Christian Andersen
IT was bitterly cold, the sky glittered with stars, and not a
breeze stirred. "Bump"- an old pot was thrown at a neighbor's door;
and "bang, bang," went the guns; for they were greeting the New
Year. It was New Year's Eve, and the church clock was striking twelve.
"T ...