Driven to Steal

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The story is of a poor family, where the husband is out of work and unable to supply the wants of his sick wife and children. The picture shows the room where the sick woman and her little baby are lying on a rude bed, and three other children are asking for something to eat. Unable to bear the sight of his wife suffering from want of nourishment, and his children's pleading, he at last becomes desperate and decides to steal. As he is walking along the street, he passes two or three men, but has not the courage to attack them. At last, becoming desperate, he decides to attack a rich man coming down the street. He jumps on him as he is turning the corner and steals his wallet, but after taking out one gold piece he returns the pocketbook to him. The stranger is astonished, and decides to follow the thief. He sees him going into a bakery, and afterwards appear with several loaves of bread which he has bought with the money he has taken. The victim following, sees him enter a house and he too enters. The poor man, when he enters his home with the bread, is joyfully received by the little ones, who bite from the whole loaves as if famished. As they are eating, the man from whom he has stolen the money enters, and understanding what has driven the man to steal, he gives him a place in his sawmill. The next picture shows the family all well and happy.