Branksome Hall - Slogan Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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24 The Branksome Slogan ed that stopped him dead in his tracks. The picture turned its eyes and watched him. His heart pounded in his ears. Nausea filled him. It was ' no trick of the eye. The portrait had moved. Fascinated, he watched it. The candle in the hand was glowing with a real light flickering now as a gust of wind came in through the window. Then the woman turned her head, pursed her lips and blew out the flame. The darkness closed round him in a sudden wave, but he could see the woman put her hand against the frame and move towards him out of the canvas. He was rooted to the spot. He could not scream, could not run. The appar- ition dropped the candle stick, but it made no noise. She was close to him. She raised her hands, and suddenly swooped at him, her ghastly eyes staring. He staggered back with her cold hand tightening on his throat, her long nails cutting deep into Jiis flesh. He clutched at her gown but there was nothing there. As he let out a strangled cry she seemed to smile. ' It will be very rapid, she whis- pered. He could not get his breath. Darkness was welling up round him and the room was reeling dizzily. The two staring eyes were the last things he saw as he sunk into crushing, agonizing nothingness. They found Petri in the morning, lying strangled and ' bloody on the floor of the art gallery. There was no clue, no foot-prints save his own. It was not until a week later, when the guide was once more taking a group of sight-seers around the gallery, that an observant individual re- marked upon something curious about The Woman with the Candle, artist unknown. Her candle had gone out, and her long pointed nails were bloody. ROSALIND WILLIAMS, Form III. Meet the Atomics Presented by the Branksome Broad n.sting System ANNOUNCER: The makers of ' ' Smoke ;:3Kreen cigarettes present ' The Atomic Family, the story of an average Can- adian family, facing the trials of the times with patience and courage. We shall hear more of the Atomics in a minute, but first, here is Zeke . . . ZEKE : Does smoking irritate your throat? Does it make you cough? Does it make your eyes water? It doesn ' t? Well, you haven ' t tried Smoke Skreens!

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The Branksome Slogan 23 Candle — author unknown — so said the little l bel ibeneath. It was just as he remembered. It filled him with amazement, as it had that morn- ing. But this time he did not wonder ; he was sure. That heavy, silky hair, the long tapering fingers, but most of all, those weird, crazy eyes — it was she — it was Marie d ' Artise — it was the woman he had murdered ! It had been very long ago, and now the wound was healed. He had loved her, but she had found out his secret — and that could not be. Gaz- ing at the picture, he thought of that eventful night when he had ap- proached her. Marie, you know what I have to say. You are the only one who had found out. You must die. It will be very rapid. Her eyes had been dark and wild then, and she cried out as his fingers closed round her slim, white throat. ' ' Oh, Petri, you will be so sorry! Then those eyes were closed — forever. Forever? But here they were, lifelike and terrified, staring down at him. Bah! He should not try to remember that night. He snapped out the light and turned to go, finding his way by the street-light, which shone through the window. Then something happen-

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The Branksome Slogan 25 Smoke Skreens are guaranteed to have the black- est and thickest smoke of all cigarettes. And if you like to make smoke rings, ' ' Smoke Skreens are for you, because the smoke from these ivonderful cigar- ettes is soooo thick that it is practically solid, and therefore the rings stay round and firm. Another desirable feature of Smoke Skreens is that if you wish to get rid of a visitor, you have only to take a puff of a Smoke Screen, and we guarantee that the visitor will leave immediately! Try a package of these marvellous cigarettes today, and I am sure that you will never be satisfied with any other brand. ANNOUNCER: Thank you, Zeke. And now — back to our story. Yesterday, you remember, we left Cosmic Atomic in the hospital under the care of his uncle. Doctor X-ray Atomic, who was plotting to kill his nep- hew because his father ' s brother-in-law ' s wife ' s first husband had left a fortune to Cosmic, and nothing to his own son, Alpha. As our scene opens, we Successful?