| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Bucky O'Connor by William MacLeod Raine: O'Connor in the center, and Frank Hardman bringing up the rear.
It was an Arizona night of countless stars, with that peculiar
soft, velvety atmosphere that belongs to no other land or time.
In the distance the jagged, violet line of mountains rose in
silhouette against a sky not many shades lighter, while nearer
the cool moonlight flooded a land grown magical under its divine
touch.
The ranger rode with a limp ease that made for rest, his body
shifting now and again in the saddle, so as to change the weight
and avoid stiffness.
It must have been well past midnight that he caught the long
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Book of Remarkable Criminals by H. B. Irving: about the end of June, 1876, Dyson threw over into the garden of
Peace's house a card, on which was written: "Charles Peace is
requested not to interfere with my family." On July 1 Peace met
Mr. Dyson in the street, and tried to trip him up. The same
night he came up to Mrs. Dyson, who was talking with some
friends, and threatened in coarse and violent language to blow
out her brains and those of her husband. In consequence of
these incidents Mr. Dyson took out a summons against Peace, for
whose apprehension a warrant was issued. To avoid the
consequences of this last step Peace left Darnall for Hull, where
he opened an eating-shop, presided over by Mrs. Peace.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Desert Gold by Zane Grey: Belding's unhappiness could hardly be laid to material loss. He
had been rich and was now poor, but change of fortune such as that
could not have made him unhappy. Something more somber and
mysterious and sad than the loss of Dick Gale and their friends had
come into the lives of his wife and Nell. He dated the time of
this change back to a certain day when Mrs. Belding recognized in
the elder Chase an old schoolmate and a rejected suitor. It took
time for slow-thinking Belding to discover anything wrong in his
household, especially as the fact of the Gales lingering there
made Mrs. Belding and Nell, for the most part, hide their read
and deeper feelings. Gradually, however, Belding had forced on
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