George Weston

Name: Century Magazine — I. Pom-Pom versus Henri
Author: George Weston

Century Magazine — I. Pom-Pom versus Henri (1914)

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“Century Magazine — I. Pom-Pom versus Henri”, published in 1914, is a work by George Weston. It explores elements such as Pom-Pom, Jacqueline and rooster.

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George Weston, Century Magazine — I. Pom-Pom versus Henri (1914)

“ Enough for the moment. I will lead you to my aunt, for it is even there where I live. Pom-Pom!" she exclaimed. The poodle rose, and I could see, with a notation of pleasure, from the show which he made of his cuffs and the leonine tuft on the end of his tail, that he was a very proud dog at heart. "Henri!" she cried again. The rooster put down his other foot, and I perceived with undiminished joy that he wore a silver bangle round his ankle. Thus accompanied, I made my way, not without distinction, to the house where Jacqueline lived. ”

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George Weston, Century Magazine — I. Pom-Pom versus Henri (1914)

“ Pom-Pom caught the grape with Gallic ease, casting a patronizing look upon Henri as he did so, and although he pretended, as long as Henri watched him, that the grape was delicious beyond compare, I could n't help but notice that the poodle hastily dropped it on one side the moment the rooster's head was turned.
"Eh, bien," said Jacqueline, taking a full breath, "when Henri saw the poodle catching flies like that, he went off scolding in his throat and flapping his wings." Jacqueline made a querulously guttural sound and flapped her elbows to show me. "You know?" she said. ”

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George Weston, Century Magazine — I. Pom-Pom versus Henri (1914)

“ Jacqueline enlightened me, "he goes all day and does nothing; but as for Pom-Pom, Pom-Pom has been hunting."
"Hunting?" I cried, looking at Pom's curly black trimmings, which seemed to indicate anything except the rigors of the chase. "Did he catch anything?"
"Yes," whispered Jacqueline, nodding in excitement; "it's in the summer-house now." Again she turned the conversation. "Henri!" she called.
The red rooster, thus addressed, came slowly forward, and he, too, settled himself down to rest again as soon as he reached his mistress's side.
"What makes Henri so tired?" ”

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George Weston, Century Magazine — I. Pom-Pom versus Henri (1914)

“ So I told her how sorry I was, and how my pets had been hunting all morning, each one trying to measure the other's ears, and at last I said, 'Come and look in the summer-house and see what Pom-Pom caught!' "
"And did she go in?" I asked when Jacqueline paused.
"Of course she went in," said Jacqueline, loftily. "Tr-r-r-r-r-rippingly. Any woman would; she was curious to see." ”

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George Weston, Century Magazine — I. Pom-Pom versus Henri (1914)

“ I began, somewhat upon my dignity, "that I am to stay as long as it remains mutually satisfactory—"
"You are to stay," interrupted Jacqueline, with a trace of haughtiness in her manner, "as long as you do not make the love to me. There! As for me, it is the youngest of my cares; but because I would rather have you here than some elderly gentleman recommend' by his grandson, I have warn' you fairly. Here, Pom-Pom!"
'SHE WAS PRECEDED BY A MUSTACHIOED AND WORLD-WEARY POODLE' The poodle came forward, and I could begin to see how useful a poodle can be for turning a conversation. ”

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George Weston, Century Magazine — I. Pom-Pom versus Henri (1914)

“ Jacqueline and I exchanged another glance and then we left them there.
"For," said Jacqueline, "I would rather not be where I'm wanted than be where I'm not." That was at half-past four. It is ten minutes to six now, and Miss Daniels and Mr. Packer are still in the grape-arbor. A minute ago Pom-Pom ran up the street as though engaged on a very important errand, while Henri watched him from the lawn with the air of a rooster who wishes a friend good luck.
"Hello!" I said, "where's Pom-Pom going now? Hunting again?" ”

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George Weston, Century Magazine — I. Pom-Pom versus Henri (1914)

“ I began.
"M'sieur," she said, with an awful show of dignity for one so young, "it is not permit' to me to speak to stranger young gentlemen."
"She's French," I thought, with a deduction worthy of Dr. Watson; "eastern Connecticut's full of them. ”

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George Weston, Century Magazine — I. Pom-Pom versus Henri (1914)

“ And the way he crow'!" continued Jacqueline. "Of course," she said in that reflective tone which I soon learned to associate with the teachings of Aunt Gabrielle, "ever' rooster likes to hear his own crow; but poor old Pom-Pom, who had only been catching flies, kep' looking more and more sheepish and—what you call it? Inexpensive, you know?—that at last he simply could n' stand it any longer. Out he went, breathing hard—"
"Breathing hard?" ”

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George Weston, Century Magazine — I. Pom-Pom versus Henri (1914)

“ I knew I could n't miss six trees like those, but suddenly Miss Harris showed unmistakable signs that her excitement had culminated in a thrill.
"M'sieur,"she earnestly exclaimed, "surely it cannot be possible that you are Meester Norman who wrote my aunt about boarding at her house for the summer?"
"I am the very one. And if an impostor has appeared upon the—"
"But, M'sieur," she continued to object,—and, oh, she objected most earnestly!—"Meester Norman is a much older man than it is possible for you to be, or my Aunt Gabrielle would never have written him to come and be surveyed. ”

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