A Glass of
Milk
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. Many year's later that same 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 her
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.