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Show Lost Will Used to Wrap Pat of Butter How a will was found wrapped round a pat of butter was a story told before a Paris (France) court. A wealthy widow died in !K)5, leaving her fortune of a million francs to her godchild. The will, however, could not be found, and the natural heir took possession. A year later a work- man bought a pat of butter at a market. mar-ket. It was Wrapped In paper whicii proved to be the missing will. The mystery of how it came there has never been cleared up. The godchild's parents started legal proceedings, and-were and-were obliged to borrow 30,000 francs from a friend to carry on the fight. They received a million francs in trust for their daughter. The friend who advanced the 30,000 francs i now suing the heiress for the return of the loan. |