Today's Stichomancy for P Diddy

The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Plain Tales from the Hills by Rudyard Kipling:

as soft as a Dartmoor bog. You can see from their names that Nafferton had the race-advantage of Pinecoffin. He was a peculiar man, and his notions of humor were cruel. He taught me a new and fascinating form of shikar. He hounded Pinecoffin from Mithankot to Jagadri, and from Gurgaon to Abbottabad up and across the Punjab, a large province and in places remarkably dry. He said that he had no intention of allowing Assistant Commissioners to "sell him pups," in the shape of ramping, screaming countrybreds, without making their lives a burden to them.

Most Assistant Commissioners develop a bent for some special work after their first hot weather in the country. The boys with

The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Tik-Tok of Oz by L. Frank Baum:

"He also has disappeared," said Shaggy, looking around the cavern and nodding wisely. "By this time he is in Ozma's palace in the Land of Oz, which is his home."

"Isn't it your home, too?" asked Betsy.

"It used to be, my dear; but now my home is wherever you and my brother are. We are wanderers, you know, but if we stick together I am sure we shall have a good time."

"Then," said the girl, "let us get out of this stuffy, underground cavern and go in search of

Tik-Tok of Oz

The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Salome by Oscar Wilde:

HERODIAS. Non. La lune ressemble e la lune, c'est tout . . . Rentrons Vous n'avez rien e faire ici.

HERODE. Je resterai! Manasse, mettez des tapis le. Allumez des flambeaux. Apportez les tables d'ivoire, et les tables de jaspe. L'air ici est delicieux. Je boirai encore du vin avec mes hotes. Aux ambassadeurs de Cesar il faut faire tout honneur.

HERODIAS. Ce n'est pas e cause d'eux que vous restez.

HERODE. Oui, l'air est delicieux. Viens, Herodias, nos hotes nous attendent. Ah! j'ai glisse! j'ai glisse dans le sang! C'est d'un mauvais presage. C'est d'un tres mauvais presage. Pourquoi y a-t- il du sang ici? . . . Et ce cadavre? Que fait ici ce cadavre?

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 Salome by Oscar Wilde:

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LE PAGE D'HERODIAS. Le jeune Syrien s'est tue! le jeune capitaine s'est tue! Il s'est tue, celui qui etait mon ami! Je lui avais donne une petite boite de parfums, et des boucles d'oreilles faites en argent, et maintenant il s'est tue! Ah! n'a-t-il pas predit qu'un malheur allait arriver? . . . Je l'ai predit moi-meme et il ut arrive. Je savais bien que la lune cherchait un mort, mais je ne savais pas que c'etait lui qu'elle cherchait. Ah! pourquoi ne l'ai- je pas cache de la lune? Si je l'avais cache dans une caverne elle ne l'aurait pas vu.

LE PREMIER SOLDAT. Princesse, le jeune capitaine vient de se tuer.