| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Red Seal by Natalie Sumner Lincoln: sacque when her father walked in.
"Good morning, my dear," he said and, stooping over, kissed her.
As he straightened up, the side of his single-breasted coat turned
back and exposed to Helen's bright eyes the end of a white
envelope. "Barbara told me you are not well," he wheeled forward
a chair and sat down by the bed. "Hadn't I better send for Dr.
Stone?" "Oh, no," her reply, though somewhat faint, was emphatic,
and he frowned.
"Why not?" aggressively. "I trust you do not share Barbara's
suddenly developed prejudice against the good doctor."
"I do not require a physician," she said evasively. "I am well."
The Red Seal |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Desert Gold by Zane Grey: you so. Dick, I'll be safe and I'll wait--and hope and pray for
your return."
"If I come back--no--when I come back, will you marry me?"
"I--I--oh yes!" she whispered, and returned his kiss.
Belding was in the room speaking softly.
"Nell, darling, I must go," said Dick.
"I'm a selfish little coward," cried Nell. "It's so splendid of you
all. I ought to glory in it, but I can't. ...Fight if you must,
Dick. Fight for that lovely persecuted girl. I'll love you--the
more....Oh! Good-by! Good-by!"
With a wrench that shook him Gale let her go. He heard
Desert Gold |
| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas: madame; and those of whom I speak performed great things at
one time."
"And where are these four men?"
"Ah, that is what I do not know. It is twenty years since I
saw them, and yet whenever I have seen the king in danger I
have thought of them."
"And these men were your friends?"
"One of them held my life in his hands and gave it to me. I
know not whether he is still my friend, but since that time
I have remained his."
"And these men are in France, my lord?"
Twenty Years After |
The fourth excerpt represents the element of Earth. It speaks of physical influences and the impact of the unseen on the visible world, and is drawn from Bucky O'Connor by William MacLeod Raine: mark, but Neil did not cover him. Instead, he spoke quietly to
the other.
"Was it you that killed Phil, Reilly?"
The man whirled and saw Neil for the first time. His answer was
instant. Flinging up his rifle, he pumped a shot at York.
Neil's retort came in a flash. Reilly clutched at his heart and
toppled backward from the precipice upon which he stood. Collins
joined the cowpuncher and together they stepped forward to the
point from which Reilly had plunged down two hundred feet to the
jagged rocks below.
At the curve they came face to face with Bucky O'Connor. Three
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