Miriam was thinking that David would be bitterly disappointed when he knew that Anne was going back to the stage during vacation.

While, though she would not have confessed it for worlds, the throbbing undercurrent of heart break that ran through the music was filling Grace with unmistakable homesickness.

She wanted her mother and she wanted her badly.

What would she not give to feel her mother's dear arms around her.

When the curtain shut out the still form of the Japanese girl and the prima donna received her usual ovation, the tears that stood in Grace's eyes were not alone a tribute to the singer and the tragic death of Chu Chu San.
* * * * * On Saturday morning the girls went on another shopping expedition, and in the afternoon attended a recital given by a celebrated pianist.
After the recital, instead of going home, Miss Southard surprised her guests by taking them over to the theatre where her brother was playing.
Mr.Southard had arranged that they should be admitted to his dressing room.