The Lost Ruby is a classic story designed to teach children that honesty is worth pursuing, regardless of the cost. This book also contains one of Von Schmid’s finest short stories, The Lost Child, which shows the mystery of how God trains us with hardships and uses them to bless us.

This is the story of young Lieutenant Wildberg and the heavy price he paid for succumbing to the subtle temptation of worldly logic. Though at first his “indiscretion” seemed to accomplish a great and noble good, it eventually brought grief and harm to those he loved. He learned that “even the most trivial lie is an evil seed.” (The second story in this volume is as powerful as The Lost Ruby.)