| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy: peasants.
"He has a head, this George," said the broad-shouldered old man
with the curls. "See what he has invented."
"Well, then, how would it be if I wished to take some land?"
asked the smiling foreman.
"If there is an allotment to spare, take it and work it," said
Nekhludoff.
"What do you want it for? You have sufficient as it is," said the
old man with the laughing eyes.
With this the conference ended.
Nekhludoff repeated his offer, and advised the men to talk it
Resurrection |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Life in the Iron-Mills by Rebecca Davis: caught from their frantic eagerness a power akin to beauty.
"Hugh, it is true! Money ull do it! Oh, Hugh, boy, listen till
me! He said it true! It is money!"
"I know. Go back! I do not want you here."
"Hugh, it is t' last time. I'll never worrit hur again."
There were tears in her voice now, but she choked them back:
"Hear till me only to-night! If one of t' witch people wud
come, them we heard oft' home, and gif hur all hur wants, what
then? Say, Hugh!"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean money.
Life in the Iron-Mills |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Betty Zane by Zane Grey: watchers for to-night. It will not be long now when he will commence to mend,
or else he will die. Poor boy, please God that he gets well. Has he been good?
Did he call for any particular young lady? Never fear, Betty, I'll keep the
secret. He'll never know you were here unless you tell him yourself."
Meanwhile the days had been busy ones for Col. Zane. In anticipation of an
attack from the Indians, the settlers had been fortifying their refuge and
making the block-house as nearly impregnable as possible. Everything that was
movable and was of value they put inside the stockade fence, out of reach of
the destructive redskins. All the horses and cattle were driven into the
inclosure. Wagon-loads of hay, grain and food were stored away in the
block-house.
Betty Zane |
