Jean Otto receives news that he has been awarded the Royal Academy prize of $10,000 for a composition, and he mistakes the piano tuner for the messenger with the money. The poverty-stricken piano tuner felt like a king for a short time. It...See moreJean Otto receives news that he has been awarded the Royal Academy prize of $10,000 for a composition, and he mistakes the piano tuner for the messenger with the money. The poverty-stricken piano tuner felt like a king for a short time. It was a mistake, of course, but when the dazed man is received with an ovation, banqueted and toasted, he begins to feel that he doesn't care whether it is a mistake or not. When the real messenger arrives it is a sorry time for the innocent piano tuner.
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