An Acquired Strain.

Admiral Jellicoe of Jutland fame, praising the valor and chivalry of the Maori as a fighting man, relates that he once commended a Maori chief for a singularly chivalrous act during a battle.

“Oh, that's all right,” the chief assured the Admiral, adding, “I've Scottish blood in my veins.”

Pressed to explain the genealogy, the warrior said:

“Well, you see, my grandfather ate a Scotch Presbyterian minister.”