THE MISER GETS HIS JUST AWARD

BRYAN, HAD WORKED ALL OF HIS

LIFE AND HAD SAVED ALL OF HIS MONEY.

HE WAS A REAL MISER WHEN IT

CAME TO HIS FINANCES.

BRYAN LOVED MONEY MORE THAN

JUST ABOUT ANYTHING

AND JUST BEFORE HE DIED,

HE SAID TO HIS WIFE, EMMA,

“NOW LISTEN, EMM, WHEN I DIE,

I WANT YOU TO TAKE ALL MY MONEY

AND PLACE IT IN THE CASKET WITH ME.

I WANT TO TAKE MY MONEY TO THE AFTERLIFE.”

SO HE DEMANDED THAT EMMA PROMISE HIM

WITH ALL HER HEART THAT WHEN HE DIED,

SHE WOULD PUT ALL THE MONEY

IN THE CASKET WITH HIM.

WELL, OF COURSE, ONE DAY HE DIED.

BRYAN WAS STRETCHED OUT IN THE CASKET,

EMMA WAS SITTING THERE IN BLACK

NEXT TO HER CLOSEST FRIEND.

WHEN THEY FINISHED THE CEREMONY,

JUST BEFORE THE UNDERTAKERS GOT

READY TO CLOSE THE CASKET,

THE WIFE SAID, 'WAIT JUST A MINUTE.'

EMMA HAD A SHOE BOX WITH HER,

SHE CAME OVER WITH THE BOX AND

PLACED IT IN THE CASKET.

THEN THE UNDERTAKERS LOCKED THE

CASKET DOWN AND ROLLED IT AWAY.

HER FRIEND SAID,

“I HOPE YOU WEREN'T CRAZY ENOUGH TO

PUT ALL THAT MONEY IN THE CASKET, EMMA?”

SHE REPLIED WITH A TWINKLE IN HER EYE,

“YES, I PROMISED. I'M A GOOD CHRISTIAN,

I CAN'T LIE. I PROMISED HIM THAT I WAS GOING

TO PUT THAT MONEY IN THAT CASKET WITH HIM.”

“YOU MEAN TO TELL ME YOU PUT EVERY CENT

OF HIS MONEY IN THE CASKET WITH HIM?”

SPLUTTERED THE FRIEND.

“I SURE DID,” SAID EMMA.

“I GOT IT ALL TOGETHER,

PUT IT INTO MY ACCOUNT AND

I WROTE HIM A CHEQUE.”