Let's try over 'This life is Weary.'" Pom! Ta-ta-ta Tee-ta! The piano burst out so passionately that Jose's face changed.

She clasped her hands.

She looked mournfully and enigmatically at her mother and Laura as they came in.
"This Life is Wee-ary, A Tear--a Sigh.
A Love that Chan-ges, This Life is Wee-ary, A Tear--a Sigh.
A Love that Chan-ges, And then...

Good-bye!" But at the word "Good-bye," and although the piano sounded more desperate than ever, her face broke into a brilliant, dreadfully unsympathetic smile.
"Aren't I in good voice, mummy ?" she beamed.
"This Life is Wee-ary, Hope comes to Die.
A Dream--a Wa-kening." But now Sadie interrupted them.

"What is it, Sadie ?" "If you please, m'm, cook says have you got the flags for the sandwiches ?" "The flags for the sandwiches, Sadie ?" echoed Mrs.Sheridan dreamily.
And the children knew by her face that she hadn't got them.