The miser's wife

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The Miser's Wife

 

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 love him very much; I wish to fulfil my

husband's last wish " . 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!?!?!? "

" Sure I 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. "