Jonesey bought a donkey from Brathwaite

Jonesey bought a donkey from Brathwaite, an old farming partner for $300

Brathwaite agreed to deliver the donkey the following day.
One day later Brathwaite drove up and said;

“Sorry Jonesey, but I have some bad news, the donkey died.”
“Well give me back my money.” Said Jonesey.
“Worse news boy, I spent it already…”
“Ok then, give me the dead donkey” “…What are you going to do with a dead donkey?”
Asked Brathwaite.
“I’m going to raffle him.” Jonesey said calmly. “Are you mad? You can’t raffle off a dead donkey!!”
“I can’t? I will! I’m just not going to tell anyone he’s dead.”

One month later the two ran into each other.

“Jonesey!” Brathwaite exclaimed, “
What happened with your dead donkey boy?”
Jonesey beamed, “I raffled him off like I told you.
I sold 500 tickets at $5 dollars each and raked in $2,500!
Brathwaite was shocked, “…And no one complained about it being dead?”
“Only the guy who won, so I gave him back his $5