| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Faith of Men by Jack London: till the seams and butts began to spread, but in lieu of bailing
the correspondents chopped ice and flung it overboard. There was
no let-up. The mad race with winter was on, and the boats tore
along in a desperate string.
"W-w-we can't stop to save our souls!" one of the correspondents
chattered, from cold, not fright.
"That's right! Keep her down the middle, old man!" the other
encouraged.
Rasmunsen replied with an idiotic grin. The iron-bound shores were
in a lather of foam, and even down the middle the only hope was to
keep running away from the big seas. To lower sail was to be
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton by Edith Wharton: would hardly dare," said Miss Van Vluyck, "confess the imposture
to Osric Dane."
"I'm not so sure: I thought I saw her make a sign as she left.
If she hadn't made a sign, why should Osric Dane have rushed out
after her?"
"Well, you know, we'd all been telling her how wonderful Xingu
was, and she said she wanted to find out more about it," Mrs.
Leveret said, with a tardy impulse of justice to the absent.
This reminder, far from mitigating the wrath of the other
members, gave it a stronger impetus.
"Yes--and that's exactly what they're both laughing over now,"
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Beasts of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: of the horrors of your son's existence.
"This, then, is to be a part of your punishment for having
dared to pit yourself against
N. R.
"P.S.--The balance of your punishment has to do with
what shall presently befall your wife--that I shall
leave to your imagination."
As he finished reading, a slight sound behind him brought
him back with a start to the world of present realities.
Instantly his senses awoke, and he was again Tarzan of the Apes.
As he wheeled about, it was a beast at bay, vibrant with
The Beasts of Tarzan |
