Summary
A soot-smudged apprentice named Lonesome Luke, whose days are spent ankle-deep in rust and pipe-dreams, is jolted by a telegram declaring him the proprietor of the cavernous Throttlemush estate—an architectural mausoleum of gables, dust, and moth-eaten grandeur. The instant the ink dries on his delirium, the mansion detonates in a bloom of splinters and fire, vaporizing both the deed and the burden of ownership; Luke, still clutching the charred scrap that once promised dominion, watches the smoke twist into the shape of a shrug, and the universe reclaims its punchline.
Synopsis
Lonesome Luke, a plumber's assistant, is informed that he has won the Throttlemush mansion in the lottery. Just then the whole place blows up and the hero is relieved of his burden.
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