| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Desert Gold by Zane Grey: "Dick, don't laugh," said Nell. "I've noticed the Yaqui. It's
pathetic the way his great gloomy eyes follow you."
"You've made a friend," continued Belding. "A Yaqui could be a
real friend on this desert. If he gets his strength back he'll be
of service to you, don't mistake me. He's welcome here. But
you're responsible for him, and you'll have trouble keeping him
from massacring all the Greasers in Forlorn River."
The probability of a visit from the raiders, and a dash bolder
than usual on the outskirts of a ranch, led Belding to build a
new corral. It was not sightly to the eye, but it was high and
exceedingly strong. The gate was a massive affair, swinging on
Desert Gold |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Betty Zane by Zane Grey: excited the Indians to a very frenzy, and they started on a run for the Fort,
discharging their rifles and screeching like so many demons.
In the cloud of smoke which at once enveloped the scene the Indians spread out
and surrounded the Fort. A tremendous rush by a large party of Indians was
made for the gate of the Fort. They attacked it fiercely with their tomahawks,
and a log which they used as a battering-ram. But the stout gate withstood
their united efforts, and the galling fire from the portholes soon forced them
to fall back and seek cover behind the trees and the rocks. From these points
of vantage they kept up an uninterrupted fire.
The soldiers had made a dash at the stockade-fence, yelling derision at the
small French cannon which was mounted on top of the block-house. They thought
Betty Zane |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Philosophy 4 by Owen Wister: had not failed in his punctuality; two more neat witnesses to this lay
on the door-mat beneath the letter-slit of Billy's room, And at the
appointed hour after dinner a third joined them, making five. John
found these cards when he came home to go to bed, and picked them up and
stuck them ornamentally in Billy's looking-glass, as a greeting when
Billy should return, The eight o'clock visit was the last that Oscar
paid to the locked door, He remained through the evening in his own
room, studious, contented, unventilated, indulging in his thick notes,
and also in the thought of Billy's and Bertie's eleventh-hour
scholarship, "Even with another day," he told himself, "those young men
could not have got fifty per cent," In those times this was the passing
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