| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey: Fletcher. With clumsy fingers Fletcher ran through the roll.
"Five hundred!" he exclaimed. "Dodge, thet's damn handsome of
you, considerin' the job wasn't--"
"Considerin' nothin'," interrupted Duane. "I'm makin' no
reference to a job here or there. You did me a good turn. I
split my pile. If thet doesn't make us pards, good turns an'
money ain't no use in this country."
Fletcher was won.
The two men spent much time together. Duane made up a short
fictitious history about himself that satisfied the outlaw,
only it drew forth a laughing jest upon Duane's modesty. For
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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 Lair of the White Worm by Bram Stoker: heard the sound of cheering which went with it, that he realised
that Edgar Caswall had arrived. Then, on looking more closely, he
saw that Lady Arabella, dressed as he had seen her last, was seated
beside him. When the carriage drew up at the great flight of steps,
the host jumped down and gave her his hand.
It was evident to all that she was the chief guest at the
festivities. It was not long before the seats on the dais were
filled, while the tenants and guests of lesser importance had
occupied all the coigns of vantage not reserved. The order of the
day had been carefully arranged by a committee. There were some
speeches, happily neither many nor long; and then festivities were
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