Adopted Jane Author:Helen F. Daringer When Jane, who had lived in the James Ballard Memorial Home ever since she could remember, started out for her first visit with a "real family," she cautioned herself, "Better not expect anything, and then you wont be disappointed." But she could not keep her hopes from soaring. Perehaps this time she would be adopted. Matron Jones, who was a... more » shrewd judge of character, might have said to prospective parents, "Just because Lillie's got blue eyes and yellow curls is no sign she's good quality. That thin little girl with grey eyes is worth a dozen of Lillie." But she never did, so Jane stayed on at the home until the wonderful summer when she had invitations two families for a month each.« less