| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The White Moll by Frank L. Packard: "All right, Pug," said Pinkie Bonn, "I -"
The man's words ended in a gasp of surprised amazement. With a
quick step forward, Rhoda Gray was in the room. Her revolver,
suddenly outflung, covered the other; and her free hand, reaching
behind her, closed and locked the door again.
There was an almost stupid look of bewilderment on Pinkie Bonn's
face.
Rhoda Gray threw back her veil.
"My Gawd!" mumbled Pinkie Bonn - and licked his lips. "The White
Moll!"
"Yes!" said Rhoda Gray tersely. "Put your hands up over your head
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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 Little Britain by Washington Irving: Mother Shipton by heart. No man can make so much out of an
eclipse, or even an unusually dark day; and he shook the tail of
the last comet over the heads of his customers and disciples
until they were nearly frightened out of their wits. He has
lately got hold of a popular legend or prophecy, on which he
has been unusually eloquent. There has been a saying current
among the ancient sibyls, who treasure up these things, that
when the grasshopper on the top of the Exchange shook hands
with the dragon on the top of Bow Church Steeple, fearful
events would take place. This strange conjunction, it seems, has
as strangely come to pass. The same architect has been engaged
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