Produced by Charles Bowen, from page scans provided by the Web Archive (New York Public Library) Transcriber's Notes: 1. Page scan source: http://www.archive.org/details/snowball00weymgoog (New York Public Library) [Illustration: FLUNG A SNOWBALL AT ME. _Page 11_.] THE SNOWBALL BY STANLEY J. WEYMAN AUTHOR OF "A GENTLEMAN OF FRANCE," "UNDER THE RED ROBE," "MY LADY ROTHA," ETC. ETC. ILLUSTRATED NEW YORK THE MERRIAM COMPANY 67 Fifth Avenue Copyright, 1895, by THE MERRIAM COMPANY LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. * * * Flung a snowball at me. _Frontispiece_. He dropped his napkin. "Your scribe might do for me." She sprang forward. It was the king. "Are you coming out there?" MERRIAM'S VIOLET SERIES. * * * Illustrated, Square 32mo, Cloth, 40c. * * * No. 6 I.--A Man and His Model. By Anthony Hope. II.--The Body-Snatcher. By Robert Louis Stevenson. III.--The Silence of the Maharajah. By Marie Corelli. IV.--Some Good Intentions and a Blunder. V.--After To-Morrow. By the Author of "The Green Carnation." VI.--The Snowball. By Stanley J. Weyman. * * * OTHER VOLUMES IN PREPARATION. * * * _For sale by all booksellers, or will be sent post-paid upon receipt of price by_ THE MERRIAM COMPANY _Publishers and Booksellers_ 67 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK THE SNOWBALL.