Hiram looked into his face.

One glance was sufficient to dash every dearly-cherished hope to the ground.
"I am sorry," Mr.Easy said, "but the place was filled this morning.
I was a little too late." The boy was unable to control his feelings.

The disappointment was too great.

Tears gushed from his eyes, as he turned away, and left the counting-room without speaking.
"I'm afraid I've done wrong," said Mr.Easy to himself, as he stood, in a musing attitude, by his desk, about five minutes after Hiram had left.

"If I had seen about the situation when he first called upon me, I might have secured it for him.