[...] What the Big Chest Contained Great sins always have a beginning; the first attempts to do evil are not hard to check if taken in time, but if allowed to be carried out, it is impossible to tell what the results may be. How sad it was that John and his cousins did not have someone to check them! The boys now decided to keep close watch, and to avail themselves of every opportunity to procure tobacco, even if they were forced to steal it. The word "steal" had, of course, a certain horror to John because of the[...].
Wow this book is awful. Take your grandmother who's upset your generation isn't as faithful to god as they should be and have her tell stories in the vein of Reefer Madness and you have this garbage. The only upside is it was an easy read. No one needs to be subjected to this.