| ROY LEE’S JOURNAL. | ||
| CHAPTER. | PAGE. | |
|---|---|---|
| I.— | MONARCH OF FATE | [23] |
| II.— | WHERE? | [32] |
| III.— | A MONSTER | [46] |
| IV.— | A LIVING ISLAND | [58] |
| V.— | BLOSSOMS | [74] |
| VI.— | WINTER | [91] |
| ISABELLA’S CHRONICLE. | ||
| VII.— | THE TORCH | [99] |
| THE FURTHER HISTORY AS SET FORTH BY THE WHOLE PARTY AND WRITTEN BY THE HISTORIAN. | ||
| VIII.— | RED LIGHT | [101] |
| IX.— | A TRIUMPH | [106] |
| X.— | UNDER THE LIGHT OF TWO SUNS | [114] |
| XI.— | AN OLD FRIEND | [121] |
| XII.— | THE HEADLESS MEN | [127] |
| XIII.— | CAN WE GO BACK? | [133] |
| XIV.— | “HE HAS DONE THIS!” | [137] |
| RONDAH’S STAR “PARZELIA.” | ||
| XV.— | GOLD AND GLITTER | [144] |
| XVI.— | THE EARTH HOME | [153] |
| XVII.— | “NOT RONDAH, WHO HAS NO STRENGTH!” | [157] |
| XVIII.— | THE SUN ISLAND | [167] |
| XIX.— | “HE IS NOT HERE!” | [172] |
| XX.— | GOOD-BYE | [179] |
| XXI.— | FORGETTING REGAN | [186] |
| XXII.— | THE GREEN MOON | [201] |
| XXIII.— | “FAREWELL” | [205] |
| XXIV.— | THE MYSTERY OF THE SUN ISLAND | [208] |
RONDAH;
OR
THIRTY-THREE YEARS IN A STAR.
BY FLORENCE CARPENTER DIEUDONNÉ.
PART I.
ROY LEE’S JOURNAL.
CHAPTER I.
“MONARCH OF FATE.”
“Monarch of Fate is man, above all destiny. Man yet shall chain the stars; shall drive the harnessed worlds,” said Regan Farmington.
It was winter midnight in the Adirondack Mountains. Regan had brought us to the desolate hut of a hermit; we had not realized that the circumstance might be the result of design; it seemed like an accident.
We had been lost in the snow storm; the horses had failed us; even Father Renaudin, who for twenty years had not missed his smallest appointment for any hindrance, was bewildered and could not say which way to go to save us all from death.