employment, and so on."

"Done," said Hitt. "And what else?"

"The Express is going to maintain a social service, and night schools.
It is going to establish vacation and permanent homes for girls. It is
going to provide for vocational training. It is going to establish a
lecture bureau--for lectures on _good_. It is going to build a model
city for workingmen. Then it is going to found a model city for
everybody. It is going to establish clubs and meeting places for
workingmen, places where they may meet, and play games, and read, and
have social intercourse, and practical instruction. It is going to
establish the same for young boys. It is going to take the lead for
civic betterment in this city, and for child-welfare, and for--"

By this time Haynerd was sitting erect and staring in bewilderment at
the girl. "What do you mean?" he sputtered. "Aren't you wandering
somewhat beyond strict newspaper limits? We are in the news
business!"

"And haven't I told you," returned the girl promptly, "that the only
thing new in this world is _good_? Our news is going to be _good_
news--the collection and dissemination of _good_ to all mankind.
People who read our paper will no longer feel that it is dangerous to
be alive, but a glorious privilege. I am simply laying out our
program. And Mr. Hitt said I could go the limit, you know."

Hitt had caught the girl's infectious enthusiasm, and his face was
beaming.

"That's it!" he exclaimed. "It's your unlimited thought, Carmen, that
we old dry-bones want! I understand you!"

"Of course you do!" she cried. "And so does dear old protesting Ned.
Why, what is money? What is anything in this life, compared with real
service to our fellow-men? _The Express is not in business to make
money!_ It is in the business of collecting and scattering the news of
good. Its dividends will be the happiness and joy it gives to mankind.
Will it fail? It simply can't! For _good is the greatest success there
is_!"

It is likely that Hitt did not catch the full meaning of the girl's
words; and it is certain that Haynerd did not. But her boundless
enthusiasm did penetrate in large degree into their souls, and they
ceased to insist on the query, Will it pay? The broader outlook was
already beginning to return profits to these men, as the newer
definition of 'news' occupied their thought. Fear and doubt fled.
Seizing their hats, they bade Carmen go with them to inspect the plant
of the Express, and mee