This reminds me of the classic Alice (Racoona) Sheldon story "The Screwfly Solution". I even found it online:
http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/clas.../sheldon1.html
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If after I depart this vale you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost,
forgive some sinner, and wink your eye at some homely girl.
H.L. Mencken
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