Men of the knotted heart; a recollection and appreciation of Alexander Duncan Grant, and John Paterson Struthers . g of laughter, it was at Glenpark thatStruthers made his most famous pun, the onewhich established him as a humorist in thethoughts of Greenockians for ever. As thereare many versions of it, good and bad, it maybe well to give it from the version he tellshimself in a letter. Greenock was playingKilmarnock one Saturday, 7th August 1886— so it is an old, old joke. Kilmarnockwon the toss and went in. The first manjust blocked, writes Struthers, the mostwearisome thing I ever saw. How
Men of the knotted heart; a recollection and appreciation of Alexander Duncan Grant, and John Paterson Struthers . g of laughter, it was at Glenpark thatStruthers made his most famous pun, the onewhich established him as a humorist in thethoughts of Greenockians for ever. As thereare many versions of it, good and bad, it maybe well to give it from the version he tellshimself in a letter. Greenock was playingKilmarnock one Saturday, 7th August 1886— so it is an old, old joke. Kilmarnockwon the toss and went in. The first manjust blocked, writes Struthers, the mostwearisome thing I ever saw. However, theymade 143. Greenock, batting, crept up towithin 12 or 15 runs, and D. Adam—whomade 51 not out—was the sole hope of the hometeam. But the dusk was beginning to fall,and there was doubt if he would make theruns in time. It is a question, said Struthers, of Adam or Eve. That was distinctly good,and is told to this day with many the end, let me add, it was Eve. As a minister advances in his ministry,however, work accumulates. He finds timegrow more precious as it flies. And, by and 48. ^<^^^ <=cfi^jt/ct^ ^^ But dusk was beginning to fall, and there was doubt if he would make the runs intime. It is a question, said Stnithers. of Adam or Eve. Men of the Knotted Heart by, the Saturday afternoons were too valuableto be spent, regularly at any rate, at for that and other reasons Grant took togolf. Not that he abandoned his interest incricket. He never did that, for he made apoint of seeing every match he could, andsome of his deligrhtful tales were orathered fromsuch visits. For example, he used to tell howat Lords he heard one spectator say, Thatsa yawker. Wots a yawker ? said hisneighbour. Why, thats a yawker—that ballee played lawst. That a yawker !—oo dontknow a yawker when oo sees it, oo which insult No. i turned on No. 2with—Wot do 00 know about cricket?Ave 00 ever shook ands with Lord Awke ? There was no reply—the q
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