| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Mucker by Edgar Rice Burroughs: won't take but three or four of us to put it across.
"You don't like Ward," he continued, "and you may be
almighty sure that Mr. Ward ain't losing any sleep nights over
love of you. If you stick to that bunch Ward will do you out
of your share as sure as you are a foot high, an' the chances
are that he'll do you out of a whole lot more besides--as a
matter of fact, Byrne, you're a mighty poor life insurance risk
right now, with a life expectancy that's pretty near minus as
long as Bender Ward is on the same ship with you. Do you
understand what I mean?"
"Aw," said Billy Byrne, "I ain't afraid o' that stiff. Let him
The Mucker |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs: tection. She did not wait to hand it to the Englishman who
ran forward to receive it, but brushed past him and leaped
into close quarters beside the growling, tumbling mass of yel-
low fur and smooth brown hide. Several times she attempted
to press the point home into the cat's body, but on both occa-
sions the fear of endangering the ape-man caused her to de-
sist, but at last the two lay motionless for a moment as the
carnivore sought a moment's rest from the strenuous exertions
of battle, and then it was that Bertha Kircher pressed the point
of the spear to the tawny side and drove it deep into the savage
heart.
Tarzan the Untamed |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Buttered Side Down by Edna Ferber: thin your girl won't know you."
Sam looked up quickly. "How in thunderation did you
know----?"
Pearlie was pinning on her hat, and she spoke succinctly, her
hatpins between her teeth: "You've been here two days now, and I
notice you dictate all your letters except the longest one, and you
write that one off in a corner of the writing-room all by yourself,
with your cigar just glowing like a live coal, and you squint up
through the smoke, and grin to yourself."
"Say, would you mind if I walked home with you?" asked Sam.
If Pearlie was surprised, she was woman enough not to show
Buttered Side Down |
