this paper has been sent to you for good luck. the original is in new england. 
it has been around the world nine times. the luck has now been sent to you. you will
receive good luck within four days of receiving this letter provided you in turn send 
it on. 
this is no joke. you will receive good luck in the mail. send no money. send copies 
to people you think need good luck. don't send money, as fate has no price. do not 
keep this letter. it must leave your hands within 96 hours. 
an r.a.f. officer received $470. 
joe elliot received $40,000 and lost it because he broke the chain. 
while in the phillipines, gene welch lost his wife 51 days after receiving the letter. 
however, before her death he received $7,755,000, and lost that too because he failed 
to circulate the letter. 
please send twenty copies and see what happens in four days. the chain comes from 
venezuela and was written by saul anthony degroot, a missionary from south africa. 
you must make twenty copies and send them out. after a few days you will get a surprise. 
this is true, even if you are not superstitious. 
do note the following. constantine dias received the chain in 1953. he asked his 
secretary to make twenty copies and send them out. a few days later he won a lottery 
of two million dollars. carlo dadditt, an office employee, received the letter and 
forgot it had to leave his hands within 96 hours. he lost his job. later he found 
the letter again, mailed twenty copies, and got a better job. dylan fairchild received 
the letter, and not believing, threw the letter away. nine days later he died. 
in 1987 the letter received by a young woman in california was very faded and barely 
readable. she promised she would retype the letter and send it on, but she, too, put 
it aside. she was plagued with various problems including very expensive car repairs. 
the letter did not leave her hands in 96 hours. she finally retyped the letter as 
promised, and got a new car. 
remember, send no money. do not ignore this. st. jude. it works.