twersky@aecom.UUCP (01/02/85)
A Mohammedan emigrated to America sixty years ago and accumulated great wealth. Upon his death the rich man's will stipulated that his hundred- million-dollar bequest was to be divided equally among his three closest friends; a Catholic, a Protestant and a Jew. There was only one small provision: each of the heirs was required to deposit one hundred dollars in the coffin before it was lowered into the ground. This act, according to the deceased's statement, was to prove their good faith while the will was in probate. As the coffin was about to be closed for the last time, the Catholic quickly deposited his hundred dollars inside the casket. The Protestant followed suit and placed his hundred dollars beside the Catholic's money. Then the Jew reached into the coffin, withdrew the two hundred dollars and replaced it with a check for three hundred.