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Fritz Meister sits in his cottage, bemoaning his poverty. His child is sick and querulous, refusing to take her medicine, and he finds that the mother's tearful pleadings irritate him still... See full summary

Fritz Meister sits in his cottage, bemoaning his poverty. His child is sick and querulous, refusing to take her medicine, and he finds that the mother's tearful pleadings irritate him still further. So presently he rises, takes up his gun and goes out. He is a poacher and has always been one; altogether he is a bad character and one whose reform is regarded as hopeless. That day, whilst in the act of shooting a rabbit, Fritz is caught by the owner of the estate himself, who, however, dismisses him with a kindly warning. Fritz returns home to find that the rich man's wife and young son have stopped to render kindly aid to the distressed mother. The boy has coaxed the child to take her medicine and already she seems less ailing. But the incident is soon forgotten by him, and a few days later he is back in the woods again, creeping stealthily up towards the forbidden game. Before he has time to make a shot, however, a couple of rough looking men glide past him. Fritz is surprised and ...

Released in the US as a split reel along with the documentary The Scorpion (1911).

Original French title is undetermined