| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Red Seal by Natalie Sumner Lincoln: "Yes, our cashier."
"Were his affairs involved?"
"Not in the least," Clymer spoke with emphasis. "A most honorable
fellow, Jimmie Turnbull; his murder was a shocking affair."
"Have the police found any motive for the crime, Kent?" asked Taylor.
"I believe not."
Harding, who had been ruminating in silence, leaned forward, his
expression alight with a sudden idea.
"Could it be that Turnbull found out that Rochester was passing
forged checks, and Rochester insured his silence by Poisoning him?"
he asked.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Voyage to Abyssinia by Father Lobo: through the Red Sea on dry land; and there is some reason for
imagining the tradition not ill grounded, for the sea is here only
three leagues in breadth. All the ground about Toro is barren for
want of water, which is only to be found at a considerable distance,
in one fountain, which flows out of the neighbouring mountains, at
the foot of which there are still twelve palm-trees. Near Toro are
several wells, which, as the Arabs tell us, were dug by the order of
Moses to quiet the clamours of the thirsty Israelites. Suez lies in
the bottom of the Gulf, three leagues from Toro, once a place of
note, now reduced, under the Turks, to an inconsiderable village,
where the miserable inhabitants are forced to fetch water at three
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne: which the waters flow swiftly. Between these arms lie sev-
eral islands, covered with alders, willows, and poplars, look-
ing like verdant ships, anchored in the river. Beyond rise
the high hills of the Eastern shore, crowned with forests,
whose tops were then empurpled with light. The Yenisei
stretched on either side as far as the eye could reach. The
beautiful panorama lay before them for a distance of fifty
versts.
But not a boat was to be seen. All had been taken away
or destroyed, according to order. Unless the Tartars
should bring with them materials for building a bridge of
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