| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Dawn O'Hara, The Girl Who Laughed by Edna Ferber: proofs. Norberg, the city editor, was the last to leave,
as always. His desk light glowed in the darkness of the
big room, and his typewriter alone awoke the echoes.
As I stood in the doorway he peered up from beneath
his green eye-shade, and waved a cloud of smoke away with
the palm of his hand.
"That you, Mrs. Orme?" he called out. "Lord, we've
missed you! That new woman can't write an obituary, and
her teary tales sound like they were carved with a cold
chisel. When are you coming back?"
"I'm not coming back," I replied. "I've come to say
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, etc. by Oscar Wilde: dream.
Then the Ghost spoke again, and his voice sounded like the sighing
of the wind.
'Have you ever read the old prophecy on the library window?'
'Oh, often,' cried the little girl, looking up; 'I know it quite
well. It is painted in curious black letters, and it is difficult
to read. There are only six lines:
When a golden girl can win
Prayer from out the lips of sin,
When the barren almond bears,
And a little child gives away its tears,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Spirit of the Border by Zane Grey: I allus gave you first place among border lasses, but here's one as could run
you most any kind of a race," he said, with the rare smile which so warmly
lighted his dark, stern face.
"Lew Wetzel making compliments! Well, of all things!" exclaimed the colonel's
sister.
Jonathan Zane stood closely scanning Wetzel's features. Colonel Zane,
observing his brother's close scrutiny of the hunter, guessed the cause, and
said:
"Lew, tell us, did you see Wingenund over the sights of your rifle?"
"Yes," answered the hunter simply.
A chill seemed to strike the hearts of the listeners. That simple answer,
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