| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Heart of the West by O. Henry: seconds later in pulling a gun than I used to be, and the difference
is worth thinking about. But this Kid's got a half-Mexican girl at the
Crossing that he comes to see. She lives in that /jacal/ a hundred
yards down the arroyo at the edge of the pear. Maybe she--no, I don't
suppose she would, but that /jacal/ would be a good place to watch,
anyway."
Sandridge rode down to the /jacal/ of Perez. The sun was low, and the
broad shade of the great pear thicket already covered the grass-
thatched hut. The goats were enclosed for the night in a brush corral
near by. A few kids walked the top of it, nibbling the chaparral
leaves. The old Mexican lay upon a blanket on the grass, already in a
Heart of the West |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Outlaw of Torn by Edgar Rice Burroughs: The outlaw pretended that he did not see the hand.
"You owe me nothing, Sir Roger, that may not be
paid by a good supper; I have eaten but once in forty-
eight hours."
The outlaw now called to Shandy and his men, telling
them to remain on watch, but to interfere with no one
within the castle.
He then sat at the table with Roger Leybourn and
his lady, who had recovered from her swoon, and be-
hind them on the rushes of the floor lay the body of
De Fulm in a little pool of blood.
The Outlaw of Torn |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Lesser Bourgeoisie by Honore de Balzac: him."
"Hear! hear!" said the electors again.
Then, after cordially shaking the hand of the apothecary, Thuillier
conducted the deputation to the outer door of the apartment; after
which, returning to the editorial sanctum, he said:--
"My dear Minard, I withdraw the words which wounded you; but you can
see now what justification I had for my indignation."
Here Coffinet again opened the door and announced:--
"Messieurs the electors of the eleventh arrondissement."
The arrondissement was represented this time by seven persons. A
linen-draper, chairman of the delegation, addressed Thuillier in the
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