| 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 Lamp That Went Out by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: manner. It was this yellow thread on the purse, which he happened
to see by chance, that showed the dealer Goldstamm who it was that
had entered his store."
Knoll stood quite silent, staring at the floor. Drops of
perspiration stood out on his forehead, some of them rolling like
tears down his cheek.
The commissioner rose from his seat and walked slowly to where the
prisoner stood. He laid one hand on the man's shoulder and said in
a voice that was quite gentle and kind again: "Johann Knoll, do not
waste your time, or ours, in thinking up useless lies. You are
almost convicted of this crime now. You have already acknowledged
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Bucky O'Connor by William MacLeod Raine: want to be good, confound the little swindle."
Notwithstanding the ranger's occasional moments of exasperation,
the two got along swimmingly. Each of them found a continued
pleasure in delving into the other's unexplored mental recesses.
They drifted into one of those quick, spontaneous likings that
are rare between man and man. Some subtle quality of affection
bubbled up like a spring in the hearts of each for the other.
Young Hardman could perhaps have explained what lay at the roots
of it, but O'Connor admitted that he was "buffaloed" when he
attempted an analysis of his unusual feeling.
From El Paso a leisurely run on the Mexican Central Pacific took
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