| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Wyoming by William MacLeod Raine: miles from the ranch, and Helen rode out there to take charge of
her own interests in person. With her were six riders, and for
the use of each of them in addition to his present mount three
extra ponies were brought in the remuda. For the riding is so
hard during the round-up that a horse can stand only one day in
four of it. At the appointed rendezvous a score of other cowboys
and owners met them. Without any delay they proceeded to
business. Mr. Bob Austin, better known as "Texas," was elected
boss of the round-up, and he immediately assigned the men to
their places and announced that they would work Squaw Creek. They
moved camp at once, Helen returning to the ranch.
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Tattine by Ruth Ogden [Mrs. Charles W. Ide]: set up a tremendous squawking. It was rather a comical situation, and the
children laughed till their sides ached, but after a while it ceased to be so
funny. The clouds were rolling up blacker, and there was an occasional flash
of lightning far off in the distance, but Barney stood still obdurate and
unmoved, simply revelling in the sensation of the cool water, running
down-stream against his four little donkey-legs. At last Rudolph was at his
wits' end, for what did Tattine and Mabel do but commence to cry. Great drops
of rain were falling now, and they COULD NOT BEAR THE THOUGHT of being mid-way
in that stream with the storm breaking right above their heads, and when
girls, little or big, young or old, cannot bear the thought of things they
cry. It does not always help matters; it frequently makes them more difficult,
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