A poor widow lies sick in bed. The doctor calls and writes a prescription. There is no money in the house for the medicine, and she and her little boy are overwhelmed with despair and hunger. The brave little lad thinks of a scheme, and securing a fishing pole goes fishing. Unfortunately he trespasses upon private grounds and is arrested. The gendarmes, on hearing his story, go with him to his humble home, and are so touched with the picture of poverty that they give the sick woman all the money in their pockets.