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Show Unjustly Accused. Andrew Carnegie, at a dinner la New York, talked about tho Scotch dialect. "It's a hard Hugo to understand," b said. "It often cuuaes awkward U)lM:ikea. "Oure sn American divine spent Christ mas in a HUKhlaud iun. On Christmas morning he gavo the maid a tip of a sovereign, and he said, look. Ing earnestly at her for she was a pretty maid: "'Do you know, Kathleen, you aro a very good looking lassiel' "Of course Kathleen was pleasod, but, being modest, she blushed liko a rose and answered: "'Ah, na; ah, na! But my klssln, Blr, is beautiful!' "The divine frowned. ""Leave the room, you wicked young baKRage!' he said sternly. "lie didn't know, you see, that modest mod-est Kathleen bad been simply praising prais-ing in bcr Highland dialect the superior su-perior charms of her cousin Janet ot I'ocbles.- |