Kindness Pays

One day, a poor boy who was selling goods
from door to door to pay his way through
school, found he had only one thin dime
left, and he was hungry. He decided he would
ask for a meal at the next house. However,
he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman
opened the door. Instead of a meal he asked
for a drink of water. She thought he looked
hungry so brought him a large glass of milk.
He drank it slowly, and then asked, "How much do I
owe you?"

"You don't owe me anything," she replied
"Mother has taught us never to accept payment
for a kindness." He said... "Then I thank
you from my heart."

As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only
felt; stronger physically, but his faith
in God and man was strong also. He had been
ready to give up and quit.

Years later that young woman became
critically ill. The local doctors were baffled.
They finally sent her to the big city, where
they called in specialists to study her rare
disease. Dr. Howard Kelly was called in for
the consultation. When he heard the name of
the town she came from, a strange light filled
his eyes. Immediately he rose and went down
the hall of the hospital to her room. Dressed
in his doctor's gown he went in to see her.
He recognized her at once. He went back to the
consultation room determined to do his best to
save her life. From that day he gave special
attention to the case.

After a long struggle, the battle was won.
Dr. Kelly requested the business office to
pass the final bill to hm for approval.
He looked at it, then wrote something on the
edge and the bill was sent to her room. She feared
to open it, for she was sure it would take the
rest of her life to pay for it all. Finally,
she looked, and something caught ; her attention
on the side as She read these words.....

"Paid in full with one glass of milk."
(Signed) Dr. Howard Kelly.

Tears of joy flooded her eyes as her happy
heart prayed: "Thank You, GOD, that Your love
has spread abroad through human hearts and hands."