126 A Poor Musician.

I should hardly call these people beggars, but
that the handsome little boy is holding out his
hat. Judging by the head-dresses of the women,
and their wooden shoes, the scene must be in-
tended for the north of France. It is evidently

 

some fair or market-day, and this poor fiddler is
trying to gain a little money from the peasants,
or farmers and their families, by delighting them
with his music. Well, I daresay they are easily
pleased, and perhaps quite as charitable as those
who are richer. If we were there we would give
that little boy something, I know.