A SNAPT GOLD RING. BY FREDERICK WEDMORE. "The hour which might have been, yet might not be, Which man's and woman's heart conceived and bore Yet whereof life was barren,-on what shore Bides it the breaking of Time's weary sea?"-D. G. ROSSETTI. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON: SMITH, ELDER & CO., 15, WATERLOO PLACE. 1871. 250. 73.2957 [THE RIGHT OF TRANSLATION IS RESERVED.] A SNAPT GOLD RING. CHAPTER I. THE advent of Mr. Crabbe's players, and the approaching opening of the Queen's Rooms, interested at all events a portion of Scarborough society. Little Mr. Andrews, who had been the forerunner of the company, used his best exertions to awaken public curiosity, and his efforts were to do him justice-as successful as they were ingenious. Not only were there paragraphs in the newspapers and placards on the walls-the legitimate channels of advertisement, leading to notoriety-but Mr. Andrews caused to be spread amongst inhabitants and visitors VOL. II. 17 |