The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-30 00:00:00

A LUCKY JOB.

Some time since a man was employed by Mr. Hull,
the landlord of Ashill Inn, to put tro a bedstead in his
house. After having received the accessary instruc-
tions, he was left to himseV, and poceeding with his
job he found the poles too long for the height of the
coom ; thinking it not best to shorten them, he forced
the top of :one: through;the ceiling which, being old,
readily gave way, when to the astonishment of the man,
dovn tumbled a sort of tin box, which perhaps hail
been fo'merly used in basting treat. On a hasty
examinat'on he found it to contain a good quart-
city of ad guineas and half-guireas, which, how-
ever, he managed to It( ep secret and carry home
to his loving spouse. The treasure was kept a con-
siderable time, because of the difficulty of getting it
changed, during which time many whispering confer-
ences took place between them as :o the best mitbod
of disposing of the old gold. Ultimately, it appears, a
portion.of it was exchanged for so'ereigns, with which
he began very honourably to pay off his debts, and to
furnish himself, his wife, and famill with a good stock
of clothing, much to the surprioo of all who knew him.
Hitherto they had done what man) now a days cannot
do, and that is, they kept their own secret, until one
unlucky day, in conversation with an old woman, our
" wise saw," in the fullness of hs heart, gays a few
hints about the matter, binding hir of course to ever-
lasting secresy and good faith, Oriels was as rem*
acceded to on her part. The elotuence of both being
ended, they parted as sworn frients ought to part, with
each others secrets, locked up sately in their breasts ;
in this case, however, it struggled violently with tae
old lady to find a vent, consequently, by some means
or other, she found her way to the landlord of the said
inn where the shower of gold took place, and whether
she thought it a good opportunity of getting something
comfortable we cannot say ; but the golden secret was
u.hered into the ear of the landlord, who hardly knew
whether it was a dream or whether he was awake.
Could it possibly have taken place ? and in his own
house too, while he was in it ! and from the very
ceiling under which he bad so often reposed. quite
unconscious of the wealth it contained! At last Ire
found himself indeed awake, and fully awake also to
the truth of the whole affair. Mutters was now too
clear for the carpenter to deny it, but for his life he
could not tell how much it was ; he said ha took it
home to his wife because she bad more time to count it
than he had, though his bey has since said, that " If
vather wos to find sich atother lot he wooden work
any moor." The owner of the house, J. Slater,
was next informed of the ci.cumstance, and on making
inquiries about it, finding there was no probability of
his regaining the hoard this fortunately discovered,
he very generously left the mars in the quiet possession
of the whole, saying he hoped it would do him good.
It is generally supposed :o have been hidden there
many years ago, by some parsimonious dame who then
occupied the house, as various small sums have lately
been found hoarded up in a similar way. Indeed this
was a lucky hit.—Somerset County Gazette.