Summary
A struggling painter, driven by desperation and hunger, accepts a Faustian bargain with two unscrupulous body dealers, who offer him $50 in exchange for his promise to end his life. However, in a bizarre twist, the painter's attempted suicide by leaping from a high bridge into a river is thwarted when his body mysteriously rebounds back onto the bridge, allowing him to cheat death and satiate his hunger. As the dealers pursue him, demanding that he fulfill his obligation to them by 6:00, the painter receives an unexpected telegram announcing the death of his uncle and his inheritance of a substantial fortune. In a cunning move, the painter offers the dealers his uncle's body, thereby satisfying his contractual obligations while also securing his own freedom and newfound wealth.
Synopsis
A painter in distress, through want of food, accepts $50 from two quack dealers in bodies. He leaps from a high bridge into a river to commit suicide but, to the surprise of the freakish merchants, his body rebounds from the surface of the water back onto the bridge and he rushes to satisfy his hunger. The dealers pursue him and command him to commit suicide by 6:00 so that his body will be turned over to them. Meanwhile, the artist receives a telegram announcing the death of his uncle and the inheritance of several thousand dollars. To comply with his negotiations with the quack dealers, he gives them his uncle's body.
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