The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Wrong Box by Stevenson & Osbourne: with Jimson. Shake hands with me, Uncle Ned--Julia, darling girl,
Julia, I--'
'Gideon, Gideon!' said his uncle. 'O, it's all right, uncle,
when we're going to be married so soon,' said Gideon. 'You know
you said so yourself in the houseboat.'
'Did I?' said Uncle Ned; 'I am certain I said no such thing.'
'Appeal to him, tell him he did, get on his soft side,' cried
Gideon. 'He's a real brick if you get on his soft side.'
'Dear Mr Bloomfield,' said Julia, 'I know Gideon will be such a
very good boy, and he has promised me to do such a lot of law,
and I will see that he does too. And you know it is so very
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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 Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs: of the property make his rounds; he saw him enter his of-
fice, and then he crept forward toward the building, hold-
ing his queer package in his right hand.
In the office the watchman came upon the three friends.
At sight of him they looked at one another in surprise.
"Why, what time is it?" exclaimed Custer, and as he
looked at his watch he rose with a laugh. "Late to dinner
again," he cried. "Come on, we'll go out this other way."
And with a cheery good night to the watchman Barney
and his friends hastened from the building.
Upon the opposite side the stranger approached the door-
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