Branksome Hall - Slogan Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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The Branksome Slogan 29 (Zone Grey ' s Version.) With apologies. Out in the patio lay Nell, taking her customary afternoon siesta. Watching her with avaricious eyes stood Pete Halloway, his handsome, insolent jfigure slouching against a palm tree. He smoked idly but with a suggestion of uneasinesss. With a gesture of impatience he flung the cigarette away and strode toward the hammock .where the girl lay. Nell stirred and Pete drew back into the shadow. The girl opened her eyes, blue as sapphires, and glanced sleepily about the patio. Pete held himself back with an effort, but his slight movement caused Nell to glance around. Nell started violently and turned dead white. Pete Halloway, she said, with biting sarcasm, I told you I never wanted to see you again. What arc you doing here? You know perfectly well, .was the low answer. You know perfectly well that I ' m a man who does not take ' no ' for his answer. Nell started towards the house. No, you don ' t, said Halloway, striding forward and seizing her in a rough grasp. If you yell, I ' ll throttle you, he said, in a low, tense voice. The door onto the patio opened and Dick Strong stepped out, his usually good-natured face white with anger. Pete ' s hand .went to his hip. What are you doing here, Pete Halloway? Strong asked, sharply — Oh, it ' s no use telling a lie. I saw you insulting Miss Raymond. I should think you ' d be ashamed to show up around here after what happened last night! . Who stole Old Man Raymond ' s money? Pete asked, smoothly, an evil grin on his face. That ' s a lie and you know it, Dick flashed back, and anyway the money has been found on one of your men. Pete ' s face changed to a sickly yellow. He pulled out his revolver and fired. But the bullet buried itself deep in the wood above Dick ' s head, for Nell had sprung forward and knocked the weapon from Pete ' s hand as he fired. I ' ll give you ten to beat it, said Dick, and if your dirty face is not out of sight by then, I ' ll shoot! Pete turned and fled, tripping into the very arms of two mounted policemen who appeared around a corner. Well, thank heaven, I didn ' t have to kill the poor devil, Dick said, as his arm slipped around Nell ' s waist. M. BOYD, III A.

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28 The Branksome Slogan Theme and Variations Theme. The villain leaned against a tree. He saw the heroine approaching. As she passed him he seized her and tried to embrace her. The hero saw .what had happened, knocked the villain down and escaped with the heroine. (As Shakespeare Would Put It) With apologies Scene: A Forest Glade. (Enter Villain) Villain: I ' ll wait me here, beneath this aged oak; For here it is, I saw my lady first; She heeded not my pleading, spurned my hand, But now my mind is set — No more will I Stand by and see before my very eyes Her love bestowed upon a churl, whose form Is far less comely than my noble own — Whose lands are lacking much and in the fight, Whose valour shows him nothing but a rogue. But cease, — anon — {Lady enters.) Lady: What! you are here, my lord? ' Twas rumored that you ' d gone to other parts. Villain (aside) : ' Tis well, she tho ' t I ' d gone and so came here — Yes, I am here, and now will make it plain That I am not a man whose passions fade. I offered you my heart — You turned away. But now I have you in my pawer — and I — Lady: Stay! Hold your distance, villain that you are, I ' ll never marry you — that you may be sure. My love is with another, whom all know To be a noble and a valiant lord — Go, go, I pray you. This can never be — Villain: You mayn ' t thus lightly thrust my suit aside; Whate ' er I want, I take, by fair or foul. So you — (Enter Hero.) Hero: Hold, knave! — Remove thy hands — Go hence! Thou black-browed braggart. Get thee from my sight. Villain: Son of a dog! You dare address me thus? Know ' st who I am? You dare not fight, I trow. Hero: Unsheathe thy sword — If you be .what you say. Then like a man receive what you deserve. Villain: Thou beardless boy — You ' ll rue this day, but come. Hero (wounding him) : Faint-hearted villain! This is your reward! Lady: Oh, Egbert — kill him not, I pray you, lest — Hero: Be still, my love — ' twere best if you ' d be brave. (Villain dies.) Anon — the earth is rid of one more knave. (Curtain.)

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30 The Branksome Slogan The Haunted Island A story-book isle in a sapphire sea Lies still, ' neath a tropical moon; With date-palms and cocoa-trees, slen- der and tall, O ' erlooking a lonely lagoon. The fabulous treasure hid deep ' neath its sands Is lying forgotten, ' tis said; The treasure-chests bulging with dia- monds and gold Of swash-buckling rogues, long since dead. Perhaps, even now, when the sun has gone dawn, A phantom-ship sails from the west. And moves like a dream o ' er the lumi- nous sea, Till, in the lagoon, comes to rest. Then shadowy forms flit along the dim beach. Beneath the moon ' s silvery rays; Revisiting haunts that they loved and knew well. In long ago pirating days. As soon as the dawn sends its light o ' er the world. The ghost-ship and phantoms are gone; And little waves lap on the glistening shore To comfort the sands left alone. The story-book isle in the sapphire sea, Lies sad ' neath the tropical sky; With date-palms a-quiver and bright- feathered birds. That in ' mongst the green leaves flash by. M. BOYD, Form III. Class Officers.