It was a cold Saturday morning．An old man walked slowly into the ．With shoulders bent forward，he leaned on his trusty stick with each _step．
His shabby clothes and warm personality made him _out from the usual breakfast crowd．Unforgettable were his eyes that shone like diamonds and thin lips _in a steady smile．
A young waitress named Mary him drag toward a table by the window．She ran over to him，and said，“Here，sir．Let me give you a with that chair．”
Without saying a word，he smiled and ．She pulled the chair away from the table．Steadying him with one arm，she helped him get comfortably ．Then she moved the table up close to him，and leaned his _against the table where he could reach it．
In a soft，clear voice，he said，“Thank you for your ．”
“You’re welcome，sir．” She replied_ ．“And my name is Mary．I’ll be back in a moment，and you need anything at all in the meantime，just wave at me！”
After he had finished his breakfast，Mary brought him the change from his ticket．Then she _him out from behind the table．She handed him his stick，and walked _him to the front door．Holding the door open for him，she said，“Come back and see us，sir！”
He turned with his whole body and nodded with a smile．“You are very kind，” he said softly．
When Mary went to clean his table，she was to find that under his plate there was a business card and a note on a napkin(餐巾纸)．Under the napkin was a one hundred dollar bill！
The note on the napkin _，“Dear Mary，I respect you very much，and you respect yourself too．It shows by the way you _ _others．You have found the secret of happiness．Your kind gestures will _through those who meet you．”
The next day she was told that the man she had on was the owner of the restaurant where she was working．
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