There was a man who had worked all his life, had saved
all of his money but 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 to the
casket 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 foolish
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.'
Her friend replied ' 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. '