Now, as our Organization of Youth is rapidly growing up, a _young_ crowd, too young to join it at first, is coming up; imbibing its "why-not-do-it-now?" spirit. So, as Gadsby stood in front of that big Municipal Auditorium (which that group, you know, had had built), Marian Hopkins, a small girl, in passing by, saw him, and said:-- "I think Branton Hills ought to buy a balloon." "Balloon? Balloon? What would this city do with a balloon? Put a string on it so you could run around with it?" "No; not that kind of a balloon, but that big, zooming kind that sails way up high, with a man in it." "Oh! Ha, ha! You think an air-craft is a balloon! But what would--Aha! An airport?" "Uh-huh; but I didn't know how to say it." "By cracky!" said His Honor. "I thought this town was about through improving. But an airport _would_ add a bit to it; now wouldn't it?" Marian had a most profound opinion that it would; (if profound opinions grow in such small kids!) so both took a walk to City Hall to hunt up a Councilman or two. Finding four in a Council room, Gadsby said:-- "Youth, or, I should say, childhood, has just shown that Branton Hills is shy on a most important acquisition," and Old Bill Simpkins just _had_ to blurt out:-- "And, naturally, it calls for cash! CASH! CASH! CASH!! What will this town amount to if it blows in dollars so fast?" "And," said Gadsby, "what will it amount to, if it don't?" That put a gag on Old Bill. Councilman Banks, though, was curious to know about Marian's proposition, saying:-- "It is probably a plan for buying Christmas toys for all Branton Hills kids." But tiny Marian, with a vigorous stamp of a tiny foot, swung right back with:-- "NO, SIR!! Santa Claus will bring us our gifts! But I thought of having a--what did you call it, Mayor Gadsby?" "This child thinks Branton Hills should build an airport, and I think so, too. If our inhabitants, such as this tot, can think up such things, all adults should pack up, and vanish from municipal affairs. All right, Marian; our City Council, _your_ City Council, my young patriot, will look into this airport plan for you."