MISFORTUNE OF A FORTUNE.
JoACQUIN Silva, private in the 2nd Sapper Battalion in Lisbon, who lately found on a walk a bag containing £1500, hid it away in his' straw mattress. He at once made arrangements for a substitute to relieve him of his military service, wrote to his native village with a view to buying a little farm, and generally enjoyed beforehand the good things to come. Unfortunately, while on sentry duty the other day an officer, inquiring into the Hygienic state of the barracks, ordered all unfit mattresses to be burnt. Among them was that containing Silva's trea-sure-trove. Silva entered the barrack-yard while the bonfire was burning, and on hearing what had happened, rushed with a savage cry, into the midst of the flames to save his money. He was dangerously burned when rescued, and now lies in a state of delirium, crying piteously for his treasure.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12401, 24 October 1903, Page 2 (Supplement)
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