| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Case of the Registered Letter by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: friends in G-. But during the time of his stay in the house he had
had but one caller, a gentleman who came on the evening of the 23rd
of September. The old maid had opened the door for him and showed
him to Mr. Siders' rooms. She described this visitor as having a
full black beard, and wearing a broad-brimmed grey felt hat. Nobody
saw the man go out, for the old maid, the only person in the house
at the time, had retired early. Mrs. Winter and her little girl
were spending the night with the former's mother in a distant part
of the city. The next morning the old servant, taking the lodger's
coffee up to him at the usual hour, found him dead on the floor of
his sitting-room, shot through the heart. The woman ran screaming
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The White Moll by Frank L. Packard: above the floor.
"Go down there. Right to the wall - in the center," instructed
Gypsy Nan weakly. And then, as Rhoda Gray obeyed: "Now push up on
that wide board in the ceiling."
Rhoda Gray. already in a stooped position, reached up, and pushed
at a rough, unplaned board. It swung back without a sound, like a
narrow trap-door, until it rested in an upright position against the
outer frame of the house, disclosing an aperture through which, by
standing erect, Rhoda Gray easily thrust her head and shoulders.
She raised the candle then through the opening - and suddenly her
dark eyes widened in amazement. It was a hiding place, not only
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