Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 302, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 December 1914 — Explanation. [ARTICLE]

Explanation.

A sturdy Scot six feet five inches in height is a gamekeeper near Stafford, England. One hot day last summer he was accompanying a bumptious sportsman of very small stature when he was greatly troubled by midges. The other said to him: “My good man, why is it that the midges do not trouble me?” “I daursay," replied the gamekeeper, with a comprehensive glance at the other's small proportions, “it will be because they hevna seen ye yet”