| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Mucker by Edgar Rice Burroughs: job if we stop now; but de udder'll mean--" and he made a
suggestive circle with a grimy finger close to his neck.
"No it won't nothin' of de kind," urged his companion. "I
got it all doped out. We got lots o' time before de dicks are
due. We'll croak de skirt, an' den we'll beat it up de road AN'
MEET DE DICKS--see?"
The other was aghast.
"Wen did youse go nuts?" he asked.
"I ain't gone nuts. Wait 'til I gets t'rough. We meets de
dicks, innocent-like; but first we caches de dough in de
woods. We tells 'em we hurried right on to lead 'em to dis
The Mucker |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King James Bible: ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes
and my judgments, as did David his father.
KI1 11:34 Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand:
but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my
servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my
statutes:
KI1 11:35 But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will
give it unto thee, even ten tribes.
KI1 11:36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant
may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have
chosen me to put my name there.
King James Bible |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The White Moll by Frank L. Packard: queering our game to the limit, curse you!" Danglar thrust his
working face a little farther over the table, and nearer to the
Adventurer. "Well, what was the answer? Where did you get the dope
you made your plays with? It was a cinch, wasn't it, that there was
a leak somewhere in our own crowd?" He laughed out suddenly. "You
poor fool! Did you think you could pull that sort of stuff forever?
Did you? Well, then, how do you like the 'leak' to-night? You get
the idea, don't you? Everybody, every last soul that is in with us,
got the details of what they thought was a straight play to-night
- and it leaked to you, as I knew it would; and you walked into the
trap, as I knew you would, because the bait was good and juicy, and
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