Transcriber's Notes:
Blank pages have been eliminated.
Variations in spelling and hyphenation have been left as in theoriginal.
A few typographical errors have been corrected.
The cover page was created by the transcriber and can be considered public domain.
"SHE LOOKED AT HIM A LONG MOMENT WITH FIXED EYES"
The Hundred and Other Stories
By GERTRUDE HALL
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
1898
Copyright, 1898, by Harper & Brothers.
All rights reserved.
TO
MY MOTHER
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| The Hundred | 1 |
| The Passing of Spring | 59 |
| Paula in Italy | 104 |
| Dorastus | 142 |
| Chloe, Chloris, and Cytherea | 204 |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| "SHE LOOKED AT HIM A LONG MOMENT WITH FIXED EYES" | Frontispiece | |
| "SHE LET BONNET HAVE ONE OF HER ARMS" | Facing page | 6 |
| "AT LAST THEY WERE GONE" | " | 10 |
| "PAULA HERSELF SAT BY THE WINDOW" | " | 130 |
THE HUNDRED
Mrs. Darling was dining from home,and every heart in her little establishmentrejoiced over the circumstance, for it meantless work for everybody, with an opportunityto enjoy Christmas Eve on his own account.
Mrs. Bonnet, the lady's-maid, with theplans she had in mind for the evening, wasscarcely annoyed at all when her mistressscolded because the corset-lace had got itselfin a knot.
The chamber was full of a delicate odor ofiris. The gas-globes at the ends of theirjointed gold arms looked like splendid yellowpearls; on the dressing-table under t