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Title: A Safety MatchAuthor: Ian HayRelease date: March 17, 2012 [eBook #39172]Language: EnglishCredits: E-text prepared by Quentin Johnson, Suzanne Shell, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/toronto)
Title: A Safety Match
Author: Ian Hay
Author: Ian Hay
Release date: March 17, 2012 [eBook #39172]
Language: English
Credits: E-text prepared by Quentin Johnson, Suzanne Shell, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/toronto)
*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A SAFETY MATCH ***
E-text prepared by Quentin Johnson, Suzanne Shell,and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team(http://www.pgdp.net)from page images generously made available byInternet Archive/Canadian Libraries(http://www.archive.org/details/toronto)
E-text prepared by Quentin Johnson, Suzanne Shell,and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team(http://www.pgdp.net)from page images generously made available byInternet Archive/Canadian Libraries(http://www.archive.org/details/toronto)
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.
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.
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.
A Safety MatchIAN HAYAUTHOR OF'THE RIGHT STUFF,' 'A MAN'S MAN,' 'PIP,' ETC.THIRD IMPRESSIONWilliam Blackwood and SonsEdinburgh and London1911ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDTOH. M. S.
CONTENTS.BOOK ONE.THE STRIKING OF THE MATCH.CHAP.PAGEI.HAPPY FAMILIES3II.WANTED, A MAN23III.THE WHEELS OF JUGGERNAUT36IV.THE DEVIL A MONK WOULD BE55V.A SABBATH DAY'S JOURNEY76VI.DAPHNE AS MATCHMAKER94VII.THE MATCH IS STRUCK105VIII.MORITURA TE SALUTAT115BOOK TWO.FLICKERINGS.IX.A HORSE TO THE WATER129X.A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A SOCIAL SUCCESS145XI.DIES IRAE165XII.CILLY; OR THE WORLD WELL LOST184XIII.THE COUNTERSTROKES197XIV.INTERVENTION219XV.JIM CARTHEW232BOOK THREE.THE LIGHTING OF THE CANDLE.XVI.SOME ONE TO CONFIDE IN243XVII.THE CANDLE LIT250XVIII.ATHANASIUS CONTRA MUNDUM263XIX.LABORARE EST ORARE276XX.BLACK SUNDAY284XXI.VEILLESSE SAIT289XXII.HOLD THE FORT!296XXIII.THE LAST TO LEAVE308XXIV.ANOTHER ALIAS317
CHAP.PAGEI.HAPPY FAMILIES3II.WANTED, A MAN23III.THE WHEELS OF JUGGERNAUT36IV.THE DEVIL A MONK WOULD BE55V.A SABBATH DAY'S JOURNEY76VI.DAPHNE AS MATCHMAKER94VII.THE MATCH IS STRUCK105VIII.MORITURA TE SALUTAT115
IX.A HORSE TO THE WATER129X.A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A SOCIAL SUCCESS145XI.DIES IRAE165XII.CILLY; OR THE WORLD WELL LOST184XIII.THE COUNTERSTROKES197XIV.INTERVENTION219XV.JIM CARTHEW232
XVI.SOME ONE TO CONFIDE IN243XVII.THE CANDLE LIT250XVIII.ATHANASIUS CONTRA MUNDUM263XIX.LABORARE EST ORARE276XX.BLACK SUNDAY284XXI.VEILLESSE SAIT289XXII.HOLD THE FORT!296XXIII.THE LAST TO LEAVE308XXIV.ANOTHER ALIAS317