| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey: "Send this--repeat it to make sure--then keep mum. I'll see you
again. Good-by."
The operator stared, but did not speak a word.
Duane left as stealthily and swiftly as he had come. He walked
his horse a couple miles back on the road and then rested him
till break of day. The east began to redden, Duane turned
grimly in the direction of Ord.
When Duane swung into the wide, grassy square on the outskirts
of Ord he saw a bunch of saddled horses hitched in front of the
tavern. He knew what that meant. Luck still favored him. If it
would only hold! But he could ask no more. The rest was a
The Lone Star Ranger |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Young Forester by Zane Grey: "Take it from me, Greaser's sneaked," replied Buell.
"How'd he git out?"
With that Bud and Bill began kicking in the piles of brush.
"Aha! Hyar's the place," sang out Bud.
In one corner of the back wall a rotten log had crumbled, and here it was
plain to all eyes that Greaser had slipped out. I remembered that on this
side of the cabin there was quite a thick growth of young pine. Greaser had
been able to conceal himself as he crawled toward the horses, and had
probably been seen at the last moment. Herky-Jerky was the only one to make
comment.
"I ain't wishin' Greaser any hard luck, but hope he carried away a couple
The Young Forester |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Men of Iron by Howard Pyle: sick King. He was naturally of a generous, forgiving nature, but
Lord Falworth in his time of power had been an unrelenting and
fearless opponent, and his Majesty who, like most generous men,
could on occasions be very cruel and intolerant, had never
forgiven him. He had steadily thrown the might of his influence
with the Court against the Falworths' case, but that influence
was no longer all-powerful for good or ill. He was failing in
health, and it could only be a matter of a few years, probably of
only a few months, before his successor sat upon the throne.
Upon the other hand, the Prince of Wales's faction had been
steadily, and of late rapidly, increasing in power, and in the
Men of Iron |
