| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Red Seal by Natalie Sumner Lincoln: key again in the lock, but her efforts met with no results, and
after five minutes' steady manipulation she gave up the attempt.
"I am afraid it is impossible," she admitted. "Seems to me I have
heard that the lost key will not open a safe after a new key has
been supplied."
Helen rose slowly to her feet, stretching her cramped limbs
carefully as she did so, and sank down in the nearest chair. Her
attitude indicated dejection.
"Then we can't find the envelope," she muttered. "Hurry, Babs, and
close the outer door; father may return at any moment."
Barbara obeyed the injunction with such alacrity that the door,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Burning Daylight by Jack London: hisself four aces.'
"'Say, mister,' says the player, 'you-all'd better get outa
here. You-all don't understand the game. It's his deal, ain't
it?'"
The laughter that greeted his story was hollow and perfunctory,
but Daylight appeared not to notice it.
"Your story has some meaning, I suppose," Dowsett said pointedly.
Daylight looked at him innocently and did not reply. He turned
jovially to Nathaniel Letton.
"Fire away," he said. "Give us an approximation of our winning.
As I said before, a million out one way or the other won't
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Twelve Stories and a Dream by H. G. Wells: he was staring at the barrel of a heavy revolver pointed over
the writing-table at his head.
"Come out of that, you scoundrel!" said the voice of the stout
gentleman in a tone of quiet concentration. "Come out. This side,
and now. None of your hanky-panky--come right out, now."
Mr. Ledbetter came right out, a little reluctantly perhaps, but
without any hanky-panky, and at once, even as he was told.
"Kneel," said the stout gentleman. "and hold up your hands."
The valance dropped again behind Mr. Ledbetter, and he rose from
all-fours and held up his hands. "Dressed like a parson," said
the stout gentleman. "I'm blest if he isn't! A little chap, too!
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