[Illustration: “I LIKE THIS FUR”] THE LITTLE MATCH MAN _BY_ LUIGI BARZINI _Illustrations by_ HATTIE LONGSTREET THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY—PHILADELPHIA 1917 COPYRIGHT 1917 THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY 1917 The Little Match Man THE LITTLE MATCH MAN _Translated from the Italian of Luigi Barzini by S. F. Woodruff_ CONTENTS I. MY SURPRISE 11 II. THE FIRST ADVENTURE 19 III. HE CONFIDES IN ME 27 IV. ABOUT A STORK AND A BATTLE 33 V. THE HAJI SAVES THE WARRIOR 43 VI. THE SAD STORY OF THE TRANSFORMATION 51 VII. THE END OF FIAM’S FEARS 59 VIII. FIAM GOES TO THE WAR 67 IX. POSTAGE STAMPS 73 X. FIAMMIFERINO HAS A BATH 83 XI. A CURIOUS COSTUME 91 XII. FIAM AS A MOUNTAIN CLIMBER 97 XIII. A CHANGE OF RESIDENCE 103 XIV. FIAM OVERLOOKS THE BATTLE 109 XV. FIAM WEARS A FUR COAT 115 XVI. FIAM’S SILVER ARMOUR 123 XVII. A SINGULAR ENCOUNTER 129 XVIII. I AM ENTRUSTED WITH A DELICATE MISSION 137 XIX. THE EFFECT OF FIAM’S FORESIGHT 143 XX. FIAM GOES FORTH 149 XXI. THE ZEAL OF DR. TASA 159 ILLUSTRATIONS