| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Cruise of the Jasper B. by Don Marquis: earth can your interest be in her?"
There was a trace of surliness in Loge's voice as he answered:
"YOU were enough interested in her to buy her, it seems. Why
shouldn't I have the same interest?"
Cleggett was silent a moment, and then he leaned across the table
and said with emphasis: "I have noticed your interest in the
Jasper B. since the day I first set foot on her. And let me warn
you that unless you show your curiosity in some other manner
henceforth, you will seriously regret it. A couple of your men
have repented of your interest already."
"My men? What do you mean by my men? I haven't any men."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick A. Talbot: and the reduction must increase proportionately as the strength
of the wind increases and forces the balloon still more towards
the ground. At the same time, owing to the tilt given to the
car, observation is rendered more difficult and eventually
becomes extremely dangerous.
A wind, if of appreciable strength, develops another and graver
danger. Greater strain will be imposed upon the cable, while if
the wind be gusty, there is the risk that the vessel will be torn
away from its anchoring rope and possibly lost. Thus it will be
seen that the effective utilisation of a captive balloon is
completely governed by meteorological conditions, and often it is
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Goodness of St. Rocque and Other Stories by Alice Dunbar: secret of that Mardi Gras day?
LA JUANITA
If you never lived in Mandeville, you cannot appreciate the
thrill of wholesome, satisfied joy which sweeps over its
inhabitants every evening at five o'clock. It is the hour for
the arrival of the "New Camelia," the happening of the day. As
early as four o'clock the trailing smoke across the horizon of
the treacherous Lake Pontchartrain appears, and Mandeville knows
then that the hour for its siesta has passed, and that it must
array itself in its coolest and fluffiest garments, and go down
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