TWILIGHT LAND

what they knew. The master called the three students
to him—the one named Joseph, the second named John,
and the third named Jacob Stuck—and said he to them,
said he: “You have studied faithfully and have learned
all that I have been able to teach you, and now you shall
not go out into the world with nothing at all. See; here
are three glass balls, and that is one for each of you.
Their like is not to be found in the four corners of the
world. Carry the balls wherever you go, and when one
of them drops to the ground, dig, and there you will
certainly find a treasure.”

So the three students went out into the wide world.

Well, they travelled on and on for day after day, each
carrying his glass ball with him wherever he went.
They travelled on and on for I cannot tell how long,
until one day the ball that Joseph carried slipped out of
his fingers and fell to the ground. “I’ve found a trea-
sure!” cried Joseph, ‘I’ve found a treasure !”

The three students fell to work scratching and digging
where the ball had fallen, and by-and-by they found
something. It was a chest with an iron ring in the lid.
It took all three of them to haul it up out of the ground,
and when they did so they found it was full to the brim
of silver money.

Were they happy? Well, they were happy! They
danced around and around the chest, for they had never
seen so much money in all their lives before. “‘ Brothers,”
said Joseph, in exultation, ‘here is enough for all hands,
and it shall be share and share alike with us, for haven’t
we studied seven long years together?” And so for a
while they were as happy as happy could be.

But by-and-by a flock of second thoughts began to

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