Roya-Neh

Roya-Neh forests; wide enough to admit a white glow from myriads of stars.

The Danger Mark A. B. [Illustrator] Wenzell 1899

He had already shipped a crate of canvases to Roya-Neh; his trunk had gone, and now, checking with an amused shrug a natural impulse to hail a cab, he swung his suit-case and himself aboard a car, bound for the

The Danger Mark A. B. [Illustrator] Wenzell 1899

Gate Village that the capacity of Roya-Neh was overtaxed.

The Danger Mark A. B. [Illustrator] Wenzell 1899

During the week the guests at Roya-Neh were left very much to their own devices.

The Danger Mark A. B. [Illustrator] Wenzell 1899

He thought a moment, squinted through his glasses, and continued writing the prescription which the receipt of the telegram from Roya-Neh had interrupted.

The Danger Mark A. B. [Illustrator] Wenzell 1899

A moment later, in obedience to Scott's persistent clamouring for scarabs, she went across the lawn with the young master of Roya-Neh, resigned to the inevitable in the shape of two-horned scarabs or black-billed cuckoos.

The Danger Mark A. B. [Illustrator] Wenzell 1899

Two days later the majority of the people had left Roya-Neh, and the remainder were preparing to make their adieux to the young chatelaine by proxy; for Geraldine had kept her room since the night of the masked fête, and nobody except Kathleen and Dr. Bailey had seen her.

The Danger Mark A. B. [Illustrator] Wenzell 1899

Terrace to welcome a guest whose advent completed a small house-party of twelve at Roya-Neh.

The Danger Mark A. B. [Illustrator] Wenzell 1899

The Masked Dance was to begin at ten that evening; for that reason dinner had been served early at scores of small tables on the terrace, a hilarious and topsy-turvy, but somewhat rapid affair, because everybody required time for dressing, and already throughout the house maids and valets were scurrying around, unpacking masks and wigs and dainty costumes for the adorning of the guests at Roya-Neh.

The Danger Mark A. B. [Illustrator] Wenzell 1899

The autumn quiet at Roya-Neh was intensely agreeable to Scott Seagrave.

The Danger Mark A. B. [Illustrator] Wenzell 1899