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 pay 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.
 
Year's 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 him 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 of the bill.   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."
 
 

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