His opposite number in another town, dying, implored his wife: "Honey, I know you are not supposed to.take it with you; but I am gonna try. Put $500,000 in New bills in a valise in the attic, and I’ll take it with me when I depart. "
The wife kept his request, and six months after his passing, went into the attic. The valise of bills was still there and untouched.
The wife struck her forehead and exclaimed:
“I KNEW I should have put it in the basement!!!”