MEMORABLE FEATURES. Mr. Hammond's face was so ugly as to hie almost grotesque, although nobody ever thought about his looks after hearing him talk. "If I hadn't known I was one of the homeliest people in the world I might have been surprised at a remark made by old Pomp, the body-serv-ant of my southern friends," he once said. "I hadn't seen Pomp for fifteen years, and as I had grown from a boy to a man in that time I did not expect him to remember me, but he said, 'Howdy, Marse Hammond, sah?' the moment he caught sight of me. " 'So you remember me, Pompt' I Baid. " 'Couldn't nebber forgit yo' face, Marse Hammond, sah,' grinned Pomp. 'Hit's so kinder complicated."'
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 24, 22 July 1911, Page 1 (Supplement)
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