TO MY FATHER, WHO HAD FAITH IN MY TALENT BEFORE IT WAS PROFITABLE, THIS VOLUME IS LOVINGLY INSCRIBED. CONTENTS. 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.