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Show Andrew Carnegie tails the following story with great relish. When Ills father waa leaving his native country to settls In America ha borrowed ?0 from a relative rel-ative The family had an uphill battle on the other side of the Atlanth', but w hen the tide of proeperlty turned with the son. he remembered Ms father's Indebtedness In-debtedness and determined to clear It off. togethsr with Its accumulated interest . He started by remitting the sum of 20, and for several years sent the name amount- a dividend equal to exactly 100 per' cent. Returning to Kent land, the ilttsburg Iron master met hla old relative. rela-tive. "Wall,' said Mr. Carnegie, "having paid up a good deal of the Interest, 1 should Hhe now to clear off tho principal princi-pal "Ah, ah, Andraw, dlnna ye fesh yar-er yar-er a hoot the loan! A'm palrfectly aattafted with tha intereat." "Ah, hut I'm rich enough now, 1 think, to clear off the principal. " replied the millionaire "Dtnna mind the principal. Andrew." said the relative, "It'e very wee! Invested In-vested as It Is!" Tit-Bits, |