Destroying a Will single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1890... 1890 Destroying a Will
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English tale of a colonel who dies intestate, his property thus descending to a nephew he had not liked and frequently said he would disinherit. A legal clerk obtains £1000 from the nephew when he offers to destroy a will leaving the property elsewhere - too late the nephew discovers that his uncle had revoked the will before he died. Plain tale of a plot well-laid. (PB)

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