Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1910 — His Name Fitted Him. [ARTICLE]

His Name Fitted Him.

Not very long ago a wealthy Washington gentleman had a new valet whose name was somewhat of a puzzle to him. The initials were V. D. C. Cheney, and his employer wondered at times what Cheney’s name could be. One morning he inquired. “It’s like this, sir," replied the valet, who happened to be an Englishman. “My mother dearly loved to read novels when she was young, and some of the names stuck in her memory. One was valet de chambre. She never knew just exactly what it meant, but the French sounded well, and ehe had me christened that. It fits me, don’t you thing so, sir?”—National Magazine. t