A Lucky Purchase.
There is going on just now near bhe Bar-rri-re de Monbreuil, ab the extreme East-end of Paris, a sale of rubbish, familiarly known to its frequenters by the unattractive name of the 'Flea Market.' An old lady, Madame Pacaud, had an extraordinary piece of good luck there recently. She bought a very old and dilapidated mattress, and on cutting ib open with a view to having the horsehair cleaned she discovered a leather bae containing 14.000f_. in gold. As the bedding is known bo have passed through a large number of hands since ib lefb thoße of its original possessor, it would |be useless to attempt bo find the rightful owner of the treasure, which will become therefore the legal property of the lucky I old lady.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 247, 17 October 1891, Page 3 (Supplement)
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130A Lucky Purchase. Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 247, 17 October 1891, Page 3 (Supplement)
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