Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-01-26
DIDN'T LIKE
HIS NAME


short notice at eighteen is nothing
short of appalling.
Il am sure" she said on this occa'
sion, that Mr.. Campayne-Smith has
perfect right to do as he choosesl
Then she marched out of the room.
.Campayne-smithr BAH" barked
Aunt Amelia
When a woman has so much money
that she could run coupons through
chopper and use them for breakfast
food she can bark If she chooses, SO
Hazers mother held her peace.
Before Aunt Amelia had arrived for
a visit Hazel's family had not been IN
the least upset by Thomas Campayne-
Smith. 1t was merely a pleasurable
novelty to know a young man with
hyphenated name. Just Mr.. Smith
aroused no flutter, but when you said
, mir. Campayne-Smith" you felt that
you really had said something. How
ever, the young man was well bred
and quite harmless-the kind that you
never think about twice. Hazel her
self never took the trouble to put on
her best gown when he was coming
so one can readily see that there was
no reason for any one to get excited
| about his visits.
But at the very start Aunt Amelia
had appeared vastly irritated at his
| name.
II hate affectationi" Aunt Amelia
had declared
But that's his name!" said Hazel.
in polite surprise.
"Fiddlesticks!" retorted her aunt.
"No human being ever was born with
a hyphen in his name! He Just stuck
| 1t in to try to be fashionable! It's as
bad as a mans signing himself w.
| Henry Jones' instead of William Il.
Jones' don't like it. You'll do well
to drop him, Hazel, for any man can't
amount to a row of pins Juggling
around a name like that"
At this, of course, Hazel instantly
was converted into a most ardent
champion of the abused and despised
| Campayne-Smith and cherished him
with great tenderness. Whenever he
appeared upon the scene or was even
mentioned battle began.
rs Mr. Smith coming this evening"
Aunt Amelia would inquire.
Then her niece would raise her eye
brows inquiringly. oh" she would
say, sweetly, after having thought
you mean Mr. Campayne-Smith
aunty? Yes, he is coming
Il mean nothing of the sort!" Aunt
Amelia would declare. Il mean thai
Smith man, just as l said"
Then Hazel's mother would hastily
turn the conversation into some Other
channel.
Good evening, Mr.. Smith," Aunt
Amelia would say later on.
Mr. Campayne-Smith, aunty." Haze
would say, in an undertone.
Il said Smith," Aunt Amelia would
repeat loudly and coldly whitening the
| possessor of the disputed name with a
| look.
AS for Campayne-Smith. he appeared
| to take Aunt Amelia's attitude as a
mild sort of joke. Nobody had ever
before objected violently TO his name.
| Il don't know what l can do about
t." he said one evening TO Hazei after
| Aunt Amelia had been particularly
] pointed in her disapprobation. Il
might chop out the hyphen with an
ak, only it's really so harmless!"
Your name is perfectly lovely!"
Hazel declared. You leave it alone!"
She felt a protecting interest in the
name which she had been defending,
and the interest spread to its owner.
She was surprised that she had never
| discovered before what a particularly
| fine young man young Campayne-
Smith was despite the fact that he
didn't make a great surface showing.
Aunt Amelia stayed a month and
the night before she left Campayne-
Smith happened to call.
Good evening. Mr.. Smith," she
said.
"Campayne-Smith, aunty," Hazel
prompted, mechanically.
Smith, / said!" repeated Aunt
Amelia as usual II appeared to in
| furiate her that the young man only
smiled at her blandly.
Hazel" she told her niece when
she babe her good-by, Il always in
tended TO do something handsome for
you when you married, but If you
marry that Smith man, who has to tie
his name together with a ribbon bow,
it's quite likely that I'll do otherwise"
Six months later Hazel and Cam
payne-Smith got married. 1t would
not have been human nature for them
TO have done otherwise. After they
returned from their wedding trip and
were getting settled in their new fiat
a letter from Aunt Amelia came to
them. II was addressed to Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas c. Smith" Aunt Amelia
said. among other things:
Il suppose If people choose TO make
crocheted tidy out OF their name
they can't be stopped. Thomas had a