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Show Simple Kindness Brings Fortune JF YOU HAVE THOUGHT simple acts of kindness do not pay, read the story of Miss Martha V. Culbreth, Eastover, N C iv, w ,Culbreth is in her late teens; she has been reared to thoughtfulness of others, geared as it were to kindness, so when sne saw during a vacation at Myrtle Beach S C an elderly woman sitting wearily down in a hotel lobby, it was just second nature to her to go over and see if she could do anything for her. She could; the woman would like to have a glass of water. Well, that was little enough to do, so Martha brought the glass of water forthwith. Her spirits lifted by the cool drink, the woman, who proved to be a Mrs. Baker of Philadelphia, chatted in friendly fashion with Martha. - I am Back in her job at the Carolina Music Carnegie Company store in Fayetteville, Martha thought nothing of the kindly act of hers, but she did think how pleasant it was to have formed a nice friendship with the woman who asked for the water. Came Martha's nineteenth birthday. She spent it in the store, aS V,SUa Jrut thls Proved to be an unusual day, for into that store walked Thomas M. Baker, the son of Martha's new friend. He handed her an envelope saying it contained a birthday present from his mother. A birthday present. Well, when she looked at the kindness 3 $75' MrS' Baker' t0' WaS geared to Martha could hardly believe her eyes, or the ink on that lu L feii s,he was dreaming, perhaps the victim of a Y ln 4Mr. Baker asked if there was anything else she wanted, she toucfied a piano and replied, "Yes, this." Mr. Baker 1 tri u pnce of lhe piano and wrote a check for it, then rJ J je Wunte? a"thing else,-maybe she would like the store, too? Laughingly, Martha said, "Oh, yes." The store became hers as quickly as the transaction could be consummated. You may not always reap such a haryest from a kind deed, but if you watch yourself, you will find that the lift you get from performing one will bring reward in some degree |