| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from To-morrow by Joseph Conrad: clothing, had retreated inside, taking his spade
with him; and the two at the gate, startled by the
unexpected slamming of the door, heard the bolts
being shot, the snapping of the lock, and the echo
of an affected gurgling laugh within.
"I didn't want to upset him," the man said,
after a short silence. "What's the meaning of all
this? He isn't quite crazy."
"He has been worrying a long time about his
lost son," said Bessie, in a low, apologetic tone.
"Well, I am his son."
To-morrow |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Monster Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs: and across this chest lay the headless body of Doctor Carl von Horn.
Lieutenant May turned toward Professor Maxon with a questioning look.
"It is he," said the scientist.
"But the chest?" inquired the officer.
"Mlaxon's tleasure," spoke up Sing Lee. "Hornee him
tly steal it for long time."
"Treasure!" ejaculated the professor. "Bududreen gave
up his life for this. Rajah Muda Saffir fought and
intrigued and murdered for possession of it! Poor,
misguided von Horn has died for it, and left his head
to wither beneath the rafters of a Dyak long-house!
The Monster Men |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Whirligigs by O. Henry: of her former folly."
Father Rooan answered nothing. During the silence
that succeeded, he sat with a quiet expectation beaming
in his full, lambent eye.
"If you would listen -- " began Lorison. The
priest held up his hand.
"As I hoped," he said. "I thought you would trust
me. Wait but a moment." He brought a long clay
pipe, filled and lighted it.
"Now, my son," he said.
Lorison poured a twelve month's accumulated con-
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