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A young medical student was selling a books to help pay his fees in medical college. One
hot summer day, he stopped at a farm house and asked a bright young girl if she cared to
buy a book. "No thanks", she replied, "My mother is a widow and we cannot
afford to buy books".
Then the student asked for a glass of water. She replied, "We have milk at home.
Would you care for a glass of milk?" The student thanked her and drank a glass of
milk. When he offered to pay for the milk she refused saying, "Mother has taught me
to be kind to strangers".
Some years passed by. One day, a woman was brought to a hospital. She was too sick to
notice anyone. But the chief surgeon saw her and recognized her as the girl who had once
given him a glass of milk. She was placed in a private room and had special nurses to wait
on her. Weeks passed.
One morning, a nurse said, "You are going home tomorrow!" "Oh" said
the woman, "I am so glad. But the hospital bill worried me. It must be very
large." The nurse said, "I will bring it to you." As the woman looked over
the bill and saw the large amount of it, she began to weep. Then, she looked further and
down at the bottom she read these words: "Paid in full by a glass of milk!" Thus
it was that Dr. Howard A. Kelley returned the kindness that a country girl showed to a
stranger!
And thus will be our reward if we show love for others.
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