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DOING RIGHT

Carol Birmingham said she almost had a heart attack when she realized that her visit to a fast food outlet had cost her $8700. The 62 year-old British tourist did not notice until the following morning that she had left her cash-stuffed purse on the counter of the Orlando area restaurant when she bought lunch the day before. Inside the purse was the down payment for Birmingham's vacation home.

An assistant manager at the restaurant said she found the cash, mostly one hundred dollar bills, but no ID. She turned the money over to the Orange County Sheriff's Office for safekeeping. When asked about returning the cash, 23 year-old Ilona Barattin said "It was the right thing to do."

Birmingham returned to the restaurant the next day to give Barattin and a fellow manager an undisclosed reward.

—Associated Press, Tourist Leaves $8,700 at McDonald's, February 18, 2005. Illustration by Jim L. Wilson

2 Thessalonians 3:13 (MSG) Friends, don't slack off in doing your duty.