A dying man gathered his Lawyer, Doctor and Clergyman at his bed
side and handed each of them an envelope containing $25,000 in
cash. He made them each promise that after his death and during his
repose, they would place the three envelopes in his coffin. He told
them that he wanted to have enough money to enjoy the next life. A
week later, the man died.
At the Wake, the Lawyer and Doctor and Clergyman, each concealed an
envelope in the coffin and bid their old client and friend
farewell.
By chance, these three met several months later. Soon the
Clergyman, feeling guilty, blurted out a confession saying that
there was only $10,000 in the envelop he placed in the coffin. He
felt, rather than waste all the money, he would send it to a
Mission in South America. He asked for their forgiveness.
The Doctor, moved by the gentle Clergymans sincerity, confessed
that he too had kept some of the money for a worthy medical
charity. The envelope, he admitted, had only $8000 in it. He said,
he too could not bring himself to waste the money so frivolously
when it could be used to benefit others.
By this time the Lawyer was seething with self-righteous outrage.
He expressed his deep disappointment in the felonious behavior of
two of his oldest and most trusted friends. I am the only one who
kept his promise to our dying friend. I want you both to know that
the envelope I placed in the coffin contained the full amount.
Indeed, my envelope contained my personalcheck for the entire
$25,000.A dying man gathered his Lawyer, Doctor and Clergyman at
his bed side and handed each of them an envelope containing $25,000
in cash. He made them each promise that after his death and during
his repose, they would place the three envelopes in his coffin. He
told them that he wanted to have enough money to enjoy the next
life. A week later, the man died.
At the Wake, the Lawyer and Doctor and Clergyman, each concealed an
envelope in the coffin and bid their old client and friend
farewell.
By chance, these three met several months later. Soon the
Clergyman, feeling guilty, blurted out a confession saying that
there was only $10,000 in the envelop he placed in the coffin. He
felt, rather than waste all the money, he would send it to a
Mission in South America. He asked for their forgiveness.
The Doctor, moved by the gentle Clergymans sincerity, confessed
that he too had kept some of the money for a worthy medical
charity. The envelope, he admitted, had only $8000 in it. He said,
he too could not bring himself to waste the money so frivolously
when it could be used to benefit others.
By this time the Lawyer was seething with self-righteous outrage.
He expressed his deep disappointment in the felonious behavior of
two of his oldest and most trusted friends. I am the only one who
kept his promise to our dying friend. I want you both to know that
the envelope I placed in the coffin contained the full amount.
Indeed, my envelope contained my personalcheck for the entire
$25,000.
