| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Roads of Destiny by O. Henry: upstairs. What did you call him--a what kind of beer?"
"A halberdier," said I. "That was an ancient man-at-arms of many
hundred years ago."
"Some mistake," said Eighteen. "This one wasn't that old. He wasn't
over twenty-three or four.
"It was the boss's idea, rigging a man up in an ante-bellum suit of
tinware and standing him on the landing of the slosh. He bought the
goods at a Fourth Avenue antique store, and hung a sign-out: 'Able-
bodied hal--halberdier wanted. Costume furnished.'
"The same morning a young man with wrecked good clothes and a hungry
look comes in, bringing the sign with him. I was filling the mustard-
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Blix by Frank Norris: out of the house.
"Now let it work!" she exclaimed as the iron flap clanked down
upon the disappearing envelopes. But Condy was suddenly smitten
with nameless misgiving. "Now we've done it! now we've done it!"
he cried aghast. "I wish we hadn't. We're in a fine fix now."
Still uneasy, he saw Blix back to the flat, and bade her good-by
at the door.
But before she went to bed that night, Blix sought out her father,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Baby Mine by Margaret Mayo: was one thing more than another that Alfred detested it was
untidiness. Putting his hat down with a bang, he tried to flick
the dust from his sleeve with his pocket handkerchief; finding
this impossible, he removed his coat and began to shake it
violently.
It was at this particular moment that Zoie's small face appeared
cautiously from behind the frame of the bedroom door. She was
quick to perceive Alfred's plight. Disappearing from view for an
instant, she soon reappeared with Alfred's favourite
clothes-brush. She tiptoed into the room.
Barely had Alfred drawn his coat on his shoulders, when he was
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