E-text prepared by Quentin Johnson, Suzanne Shell, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( ) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/toronto )
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 IMPRESSIONWilliam 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 94 VII. THE MATCH IS STRUCK 105 VIII. MORITURA TE SALUTAT 115
BOOK TWO. FLICKERINGS.