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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Twilight Land by Howard Pyle: would not have believed that such a thing could have been in the
world. "Well, Jacob Stuck," said John, "it was well to travel a
bit farther than poor Joseph did, was it not? What is a chest of
silver money to such a treasure as this? Come, brother, here is
enough to make us both rich for all the rest of our lives. We
need look for nothing better than this."
But no; by-and-by Jacob Stuck began to cool down again, and now
that second thoughts were coming to him he would not even be
satisfied with a half-share of a chest of gold money. No; maybe
there might be something better than even a chest full of gold
money to be found in the world. As for John, why, after all, he
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