Astounding Stories #36
A criminal steals a dying man's jacket and when he finds an airline ticket in the pocket he attempts to use the plane to escape the police. When he boards the plane it takes off and he is surprised to see that there are no other passengers or even a pilot. He panics and tries to leave the plane. The police find his body in a field as though he had fallen from a great height. Since the criminal had taken Death's plane ticket meant for him, the dying man recovers.
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A criminal steals a dying man's jacket and when he finds an airline ticket in the pocket he attempts to use the plane to escape the police. When he boards the plane it takes off and he is surprised to see that there are no other passengers or even a pilot. He panics and tries to leave the plane. The police find his body in a field as though he had fallen from a great height. Since the criminal had taken Death's plane ticket meant for him, the dying man recovers.
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