吝啬财主潘森这年秋天患了重病,他恐怕自己死后,亲人会争夺他的遗产,于是在有限的时间里,把全部值钱的东西变卖,换成美元现金,存放在银行里。后来他又把存款提出,拿回家收藏起来。他在死亡边缘的时候,仍不肯将收藏遗产的地方透露出来,直至他死后,护士才在他的枕头下发现一封信,交给在场的亲友。信内是这样写的:“我已把全部值钱的东西换成现金,遗产约有300多万美元。 The rich man of the year, Penson, was seriously ill this autumn. He feared that his own family would compete for his legacy after he died. So he sold off all the valuable things for a limited time, replaced it with cash dollars, and deposited it in the bank. Later, he again raised the deposit and took it home to collect it. When he was on the verge of death, he refused to reveal the place where the heritage was collected until after his death, the nurse found a letter under his pillow and gave it to his relatives and friends. The letter was written like this: ”I have replaced all valuable items with cash and have a legacy of more than $3 million.