The peddler is a very poor man. He goes around selling rattraps of wire. He collects the material for making rattraps by begging in the stores or at the big farms. Although he works very hard yet his clothes are in rags, his cheeks are sunken and hunger gleams in his eyes. If such a penury-stricken person resorts to small thefts just to keep his body and soul together, he is not at all to be blamed. His sufferings make us sympathise with him, even though he steals money from the crofter's window.