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    Mr. Chipfellow’s Jackpot
    Mr. Chipfellow’s Jackpot
    Mr. Chipfellow’s Jackpot
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    Mr. Chipfellow’s Jackpot

    By Dick Purcell

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    Being one of the richest men in the world, it was only natural that many people anticipated the day he would die. For someone should claim Mr. Chipfellow’s Jackpot.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWilder Publications, Inc.
    Release dateSep 16, 2016
    ISBN9781515410935
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      Mr. Chipfellow’s Jackpot - Dick Purcell

      Mr. Chipfellow’s Jackpot

      by Dick Purcell

      © 2016 Positronic Publishing

      Cover Image © Can Stock Photo Inc. / 3000ad

      Positronic Publishing

      PO Box 632

      Floyd VA 24091

      ISBN 13: 978-1-5154-1093-5

      First Positronic Publishing Edition

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      Mr. Chipfellow’s Jackpot

      by Dick Purcell

      Being one of the richest men in the world, it was only natural that many people anticipated the day he would die. For someone should claim Mr. Chipfellow’s Jackpot.

      "I’M

       getting old, Sam Chipfellow said, and old men die."

      His words were an indirect answer to a question from Carter Hagen, his attorney. The two men were standing in an open glade, some distance from Sam Chipfellow’s mansion at Chipfellow’s Folly, this being the name Sam

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