Michael Evans was standing in line, waiting to pay his taxes. Suddenly, he heard a/an   21   sound ahead of him. The elderly woman at the window was crying. Then Evans learned why: he heard the cashier (³öÄÉÔ±)    22    her that her house was headed for auction (ÅÄÂô). He also heard the woman tell the cashier that her daughter had recently died.

Evans, who had just    23   his father, knew too well the pain of losing a loved one. He    24   the window, saying to the cashier, “If you can get her house back, I’ll pay for her taxes. The amount due: $20,000.”

The elderly woman was    25   . Her despair turned to disbelief. The cashier left to    26    the amount and Evans    27   to go straight to the bank for the money. And he did.

But when he   28   , he asked someone else to hand the money to the cashier. Evans was trying to slip away    29   . “I didn’t want this attention,” he explains.

Of course,    30   found him — it’s not every day that someone pays a stranger’s large tax bill. That said, Evans often finds himself on the giving end of such situation,    31    for years he went unrecognized for it.

Evans received a/an    32   for his lifetime of    33    a few weeks after the tax incident.   34   he didn’t want the attention, but his son thought differently, “So good to see my dad finally get the recognition he   35   .”

Michael Evans Sr. will retire soon and he hopes he’ll continue to    36   his local youth football league team — he pays for their equipment and uniforms. His son will    37   the business, with his dad’s love for charity. “I feel    38   of my father. When a man heard a stranger was about to lose her house. He opened his heart — and his   39   .”

“I    40   my life after him and I want my children to look at me the way I look at my dad.”

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