| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Danny's Own Story by Don Marquis: at Cottonville the night we struck that place. We
had drunk some of his licker.
"This man admitted himself that he was here to
turn the niggers white," said the witness.
Doctor Kirby had told 'em what kind of medicine
he was selling. We both remembered it. We both
had to admit it.
The next witness was the feller that run the
tavern at Bairdstown. He had with him, fur proof,
a bottle of the stuff we had brought with us. He
told how we had went away and left it there that
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The fourth excerpt represents the element of Earth. It speaks of physical influences and the impact of the unseen on the visible world, and is drawn from The Heritage of the Desert by Zane Grey: Piute prepared to drive his new flock up on the plateau. The women of
the household were busy and excited; the children romped.
The afternoon waned into twilight, and Hare sought the quiet shadows
under the wall near the river trail. He meant to stay there until August
Naab had pronounced his son and Mescal man and wife. The dull roar of
the rapids borne on a faint puff of westerly breeze was lulled into a
soothing murmur. A radiant white star peeped over the black rim of the
wall. The solitude and silence were speaking to Hare's heart, easing his
pain, when a soft patter of moccasined feet brought him bolt upright.
A slender form rounded the corner wall. It was Mescal. The white dog
Wolf hung close by her side. Swiftly she reached Hare.
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