Laura nodded, and again Jim drew a long rapturous breath. When Laura went away his eyes followed her, and as from the door she looked back at him, he waved his hand to her and then settled down on his pillow to dream happy waking dreams. He was somebody's boy once more. Laura found the girls waiting for her in the reception room. "Did you find your blue-eyed baby?" she asked. "We found one----" Alice Reynolds began, and Rose broke in, "But, O Miss Laura, her mother was with her and she wouldn't hear of giving her up. I don't wonder--such a darling as she is!" "You can try at the Orphan Asylum," Miss Laura said, the words sending her thoughts back in a flash to Jim. "Miss Laura, I wish we could have Jim. I think he's a dear!" Mary Hastings said as they left the hospital. "Jim's pre-empted. He's my boy now," Laura answered quickly. "O Miss Laura, I wanted him too for our Camp Fire child," Frances said. "Are you really going to adopt him--have him live with you?" "I don't know, Frances, about the living. When I found that he was fairly dying of loneliness and dread of the Orphan Asylum, I just had to do something; so I told him he should be my boy and I would take care of him. I know my father won't mind the expense, but he may object to having the boy live with us. Of course, if he does I shall find a good home for him elsewhere." "But, Miss Laura, why can't we all 'adopt' him?" Frances pleaded. "I'd so much rather have him than any baby. And there are always people ready to adopt pretty blue-eyed baby girls, but they don't want just boys--like Jim." "That's true," Alice Reynolds agreed. "My mother is a director at the Orphan Asylum, and she says nine out of ten who go there for a child to adopt, want a pretty baby girl." "But you can find some other boy for the Camp Fire," Miss Laura returned. "Not another Jim. Please share him with us, anyhow, Miss Laura," Alice urged. "I don't want to be selfish about it," Laura replied, "but somehow Jim has crept into my heart and I thought I would take him for my own special Camp Fire 'service.' And perhaps the other girls won't be willing to give up their pretty baby." "I--I'd hate to, though I like Jim too," Rose admitted. "You couldn't make pretty lacey dresses for Jim," Laura reminded her with a little laugh. "Rose is hankering for a live doll to dress, girls, so you'd better wait and see what the others say about it." "When can Jim leave the hospital?" Alice inquired. "To judge from his face when I left him, he will get well quickly, now," Miss Laura answered. And he did. The next time she went to see him, he welcomed her with a beaming smile. "I'm getting well," he exulted. "She says I can sit up to-morrow," he nodded towards the nurse. "He is certainly getting better," the nurse agreed. "He has seemed like another boy since Sunday. How did you work such magic, Miss Haven?" Laura looked at Jim and his eyes met hers steadily. "Hasn't he told you?" she asked the nurse.