A man stopping to rest on a bench in a park lays down a bundle beside him, while he unfolds his newspaper and settles down to enjoy the news. Soon a sneak thief comes up and steals the bundle, and hurrying to a lonely spot unties ...

Un larcin embarrassant

A man stopping to rest on a bench in a park lays down a bundle beside him, while he unfolds his newspaper and settles down to enjoy the news. Soon a sneak thief comes up and steals the bundle, and hurrying to a lonely spot unties the string, but finds inside only a large can. Thinking that it is an infernal machine, he leaves it and is starting off when a man hails him and orders him to carry it away. The frightened fellow takes it and tries to get rid of it at a café, but a waiter finds it and calls him back and makes him remove it. He next leaves it on a doorstep, but just as he is about to depart a woman discovers it, and after giving him a good beating, she also compels him to carry it away. He boards a car and meets the same fate when he tries to alight without his burden. Finally he goes to the police station and frightens all the officers out of their wits and they refuse to touch it or have anything to do with him, so turn him loose with his troublesome bundle. As he is walking down the street looking for a good opportunity to get rid of it, he meets the owner, who takes it from him, and gives him a well-deserved thrashing. The thief follows the fellow, curious to know what the can really does contain, when, to his astonishment, the man meets his family and they all retire to a quiet spot in the woods and have a family picnic. The poor thief is panic stricken when he sees the man open the can and take out a large quantity of eatables and wine, and the happy family sit on the grass and enjoy a delightful repast, while the hungry thief looks on with envy.

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Un larcin embarrassant

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