Because children everywhere love stories, especially those of real people and real events from times and places other than their own little circle of knowledge, the author purposed to put together such a story from memories of an era now gone. She must beg some allowance for faults in memory and a little license to transpose and arrange events to fit within the framework of one little book. The names are fictitious but the people and their adventures are very real.
It is the author’s sincere desire that Mary Jane’s story might not only entertain the dear children of this generation, but that it might also be of aid and comfort to them in coming to grips with the ageless problem and struggles of childhood and youth. The counseling that Mary Jane received which was so firmly founded on the precious Word of God aught certainly to be of value to any generation of children.
M. L. Wilhelm
April, 1976