Michael Evans was standing in line at the Treasurer's Office last August. 1, he heard a disturbing sound ahead of him.The elderly woman at the window was crying, and so was the cashier helping her. Then Evans 2 that the woman would lose her house because she could not 3the taxes. He was also 4 that the woman's daughter had recently5.
Evans, a 6 who had just buried his father, couldn't 7 the idea of this woman losing her house right after losing her child. He 8 the window. “Sorry to interrupt,” he said to the cashier, “9 if you can get her house back, I'll pay for her taxes.” The amount due: $5,000.
The two women were surprised. Their despair(绝望)turned to 10.The cashier left for a moment to 11 the amount and that it was 12 for Evans to pay it. Evans promised to go straight to the13to withdraw the money and come right back. And he did.
Why does Evans give so much to a 14?"Honestly,I don't like 15 money in the banks. Doing things with your money is better."16 paying the elderly woman's taxes, he says he did it "for no other reason but to 17 the lady was in her house.”
Michael Evans Sr.is nearing 60 and will18 soon. His son will carry on with his business. “I 19 my life after him,” Evans II says of his father. “When I have 20, I want them to look at me the way I look at my dad.”
