There was a man who had worked all his life, had saved
all of his money, and was a real 'miser' when it came to his
money.
Just before he died, he said to his wife...'When I die, I
want you to take all my money and put it in the casket with me.
I want to take my money to the afterlife with me.'
And so he got his wife to promise him, with all of her
heart, that when he died, she would put all of the money
into the casket with him.
Well, he died. He was stretched out in the casket, his
wife was sitting there - dressed in black, and her friend was
sitting next to her. When they finished the ceremony, and
just before the undertakers got ready to close the casket, the
wife said,
'Wait just a moment!'
She had a small metal box with her; she came over with
the box and put it in the casket. Then the
undertakers locked the casket down and they rolled it away. So
her friend said,
'Girl, I know you were not fool enough to put all that
money in there with your husband.'
The loyal wife replied, 'Listen, I'm a
Christian; I cannot go back on my word. I promised him that I
was going to put that money into the casket with him.'
You mean to tell me you put that money in the
casket with him!?!?!?'
'I sure did,' said the wife. 'I got it all together, put
it into my account, and wrote him a check.... If he can cash it,
then he can spend it.'
