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A SAFETY MATCH


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_BY THE SAME AUTHOR._


Crown 8vo, 6s.

A MAN'S MAN.

Fourth Impression.



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THE RIGHT STUFF.

_Fifth Impression._

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PIP.

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WILLIAM BLACKWOOD & SONS.

Edinburgh and London.

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A SAFETY MATCH

by

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                     94

      VII. THE MATCH IS STRUCK                     105

     VIII. _MORITURA TE SALUTAT_                   115