ROMANCE ISLAND
By
ZONA GALE
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
HERMANN C. WALL
INDIANAPOLIS
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
1906
"Who that remembers the first kind glance of her
whom he loves can fail to believe in magic?"
— NOVALIS
CONTENTS
I DINNER TIME
II A SCRAP OF PAPER
III ST. GEORGE AND THE LADY
IV THE PRINCE OF FAR-AWAY
V OLIVIA PROPOSES
VI TWO LITTLE MEN
VII DUSK, AND SO ON
VIII THE PORCH OF THE MORNING
IX THE LADY OF KINGDOMS
X TYRIAN PURPLE
XI THE END OF THE EVENING
XII BETWEEN-WORLDS
XIII THE LINES LEAD UP
XIV THE ISLE OF HEARTS
XV A VIGIL
XVI GLAMOURIE
XVII BENEATH THE SURFACE
XVIII A MORNING VISIT
XIX IN THE HALL OF KINGS
XX OUT OF THE HALL OF KINGS
XXI OPEN SECRETS
Illustrations: Frontispiece,2, 3, 4, 5
ROMANCE ISLAND
CHAPTER I
DINNER TIME
As The Aloha rode gently to her buoy among the crafts in the harbour, St. George longed to proclaim in the megaphone's monstrous parody upon capital letters:
"Cat-boats and house-boats and yawls, look here. You're bound to observe