| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Heritage of the Desert by Zane Grey: "You Mormons! See him! Paul Caldwell! Son of a Bishop! Thought he was
shepherdin' sheep?"
"D--n you, Hare!" shouted the guilty Mormon, in passionate fury and shame.
"Why didn't you hang me? Why didn't you bury me unknown?"
"Caldwell! I can't believe it," cried Hare, slowly coming to himself."
But you don't hang. Here, come out of the crowd. Make way, men!"
The silent crowd of Mormons with lowered and averted eyes made passage
for Hare and Caldwell. Then cold, stern voices in sharp questions and
orders went on with the grim trial. Leading the bowed and stricken
Mormon, Hare drew off to the side of the town-hall and turned his back
upon the crowd. The constant trampling of many feet, the harsh medley of
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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 Wrong Box by Stevenson & Osbourne: one side, Joseph gave up all that he possessed, and assigned to
his nephew his contingent interest in the tontine, already quite
a hopeful speculation. On the other, Morris agreed to harbour his
uncle and Miss Hazeltine (who had come to grief with the rest),
and to pay to each of them one pound a month as pocket-money. The
allowance was amply sufficient for the old man; it scarce appears
how Miss Hazeltine contrived to dress upon it; but she did, and,
what is more, she never complained. She was, indeed, sincerely
attached to her incompetent guardian. He had never been unkind;
his age spoke for him loudly; there was something appealing in
his whole-souled quest of knowledge and innocent delight in the
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