There was a man who had worked all of 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 in the casket with
him. Well, he died. He was stretched out in the casket, his wife was sitting
there in black, and her friend was sitting next to her. When they finished the
ceremony, just before the undertakers got ready to close the casket, the wife
said, "Wait just a minute!"
She had a 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 weren't fool enough
to put all that money in there with your husband."
The loyal wife replied," Listen, I'm a Christian;
I can't go back on my word. I promised him that I was going to put that money
in that casket with him."
Her friend asked, "You mean to tell me you
actually 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, he can spend it."
