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The Project Gutenberg eBook, A Safety Match, by Ian Hay
Title: A Safety Match
Author: Ian Hay
Release Date: March 17, 2012 [eBook #39172]
Language: English
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A Safety Match
BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
Crown 8vo, 6s.
A MAN'S MAN.
Fourth Impression.
Crown 8vo, 6s.
THE RIGHT STUFF.
Fifth Impression.
Popular Edition, Cloth, 1s. net.
Crown 8vo, 6s.
PIP.
Fourth Impression.
Popular Edition, Cloth, 1s. net.
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD & SONS.
Edinburgh and London.
A Safety Match
IAN HAY
AUTHOR OF
'THE RIGHT STUFF,' 'A MAN'S MAN,' 'PIP,' ETC.
THIRD IMPRESSION
William Blackwood and Sons
Edinburgh and London
1911
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
TO
H. M. S.
CONTENTS.
BOOK ONE.
THE STRIKING OF THE MATCH.
CHAP. PAGE I. HAPPY FAMILIES 3 II. WANTED, A MAN 23 III. THE WHEELS OF JUGGERNAUT 36 IV. THE DEVIL A MONK WOULD BE 55 V. A SABBATH DAY'S JOURNEY 76 VI. DAPHNE AS MATCHMAKER
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href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@39172@[email protected]#page94" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">94 VII. THE MATCH IS STRUCK 105 VIII. MORITURA TE SALUTAT 115
BOOK TWO.
FLICKERINGS.
IX. A HORSE TO THE WATER 129 X. A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A SOCIAL SUCCESS 145 XI. DIES IRAE 165 XII. CILLY; OR THE WORLD WELL LOST 184 XIII. THE COUNTERSTROKES 197 XIV. INTERVENTION 219 XV. JIM CARTHEW 232
BOOK THREE.
THE LIGHTING OF THE CANDLE.
XVI. SOME ONE TO CONFIDE IN 243 XVII. THE CANDLE LIT 250 XVIII. ATHANASIUS CONTRA MUNDUM 263 XIX. LABORARE EST ORARE 276 XX. BLACK SUNDAY 284 XXI. VEILLESSE
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SAIT 289 XXII. HOLD THE FORT! 296 XXIII. THE LAST TO LEAVE 308 XXIV. ANOTHER ALIAS 317