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Show I PAYS HOMAGE TO A SERVANT I On the eve of his departure for the land of the heather and thistle, the Laird of Skibo bade farewell to one of his servants who ha'd been in the service serv-ice for 23 years. The occasion was made a gala one in the servants' hall at tie Fifth avenue mansion, New York, the Carnegie family participating participat-ing in the function anc1. being no smaU part of it. Skibo castle will be minus its head house maid in the person of Miss Maggie Mag-gie Anderson. In giving her best years in service. Miss Anderson developed devel-oped some of the thrift for which the iron master is famous, and announced some time since she was going to open a public house in Edinburgh. That is her home town, but the only living member of her family is a brother out in San Francisco. She planned to pay the brother a visit, and the laird presented pre-sented her with a round trip ticket to the metropolis of the Pacific coast. J illlIIPiSilS fly' This was not all hedid. He presented present-ed her with a handsome gold watch and a life pension of $500 a year. In the servants' hall were gathered all the help of the big mansion at eight o'clock. The haughty Jeems of the upper hall condescended to lend his dignity to the occasion and beamed on simple Sandy from the stables. The house maid fraternized with the cook, the butler with the groom. It was a truly harmonious harmo-nious family gathering. Mr. and Mrs. Carnegie and their daughter Margaret, still in her teens, and the Idol of servants' hall, and Miss Whitfield, the sister of Mrs. Carnegie, were all present. The laird presented the watch to the blushing and a bit flustrated Maggie, and expressed the regrets of the family at her leaving. |