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An old washer woman entered shortly afterward carrying a heavy basket.
She walked the length of the car and stood in the aisle, hardly able to keep
her balance as the vehicle swayed from side to side in its race down the
tracks. No one offered her a seat. One of the men the president was later to
consider was sitting opposite where she was standing. McKinley noticed that he
shifted his newspaper in order to avoid seeing her. Mr. McKinley walked down
the aisle, took her basket of washing and offered her his seat in the back of
the car. The candidate never knew that this little act of selfishness had
deprived him of perhaps the crowning honor of his lifetime. For the president
later recalled this unkindness and decided to appoint the other man as his
ambassador.
The moral of the story: Be Christ-like in all your actions because
someone is watching.
✞ Be careful; someone is watching you today.
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