| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Moon-Face and Other Stories by Jack London: "Impossible!" was Mr. Hale's rejoinder, when I had read the item aloud; but
the incident evidently weighed upon his mind, for late in the afternoon, with
many epithets denunciatory of his foolishness, he asked me to acquaint the
police with the affair. I had the pleasure of being laughed at in the
Inspector's private office, although I went away with the assurance that they
would look into it and that the vicinity of Polk and Clermont would be doubly
patrolled on the night mentioned. There it dropped, till the two weeks had
sped by, when the following note came to us through the mail:
OFFICE OF THE M. OF M. October 15, 1899.
MR. EBEN HALE, Money Baron:
Dear Sir,--Your second victim has fallen on schedule time. We are in no hurry;
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Moral Emblems by Robert Louis Stevenson: And gave advice to the unwary,
Like any sleek apothecary.
Meanwhile upon the deep afar
Robin the brave was waging war,
With other tarry desperadoes
About the latitude of Barbadoes.
He knew no touch of craven fear;
His voice was thunder in the cheer;
First, from the main-to'-gallan' high,
The skulking merchantmen to spy -
The first to bound upon the deck,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Wheels of Chance by H. G. Wells: in the room altogether: a fat person, with a long pipe and a
great number of chins, in an armchair by the fireplace, who
wished Mr. Hoopdriver a good evening very affably; a young fellow
smoking a cutty and displaying crossed legs with gaiters ; a
little, bearded man with a toothless laugh; a middle-aged,
comfortable man with bright eyes, who wore a velveteen jacket;
and a fair young man, very genteel in a yellowish-brown
ready-made suit and a white tie.
"H'm," said Mr. Hoopdriver, looking very stern and harsh. And
then in a forbidding tone, as one who consented to no liberties,
"Good evening."
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