John Paul Jones was the son of the head gardener of the Earl of Selkirk, in Scotland. In the gardens were two summer-houses corresponding to each other. The gardener was a most steady methodical Scotchman. One day Lord Selkirk, in his walks, observed a lad locked up in one of them, and, looking out of the corresponding window, appeared young John Paul.
"Why are those two lads confined?" said Lord Selkirk to the gardener.
"My lord, I caught the rascal stealing your lordship's fruit."
"But here are two - what has your son done; is he, too, guilty?"
"Oh no, please your lordship, I just put him in for symmetry!"
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