86 I'LL SEE ABOUT IT.

 

the boy. Hiram looked up earnestly in
his face.

“T have really been so much occupied,
my lad,” said the merchant in a kind of
apologetic tone, “as to have entirely for-
gotten my promise to you. But I will see
about it. Come in again to-morrow.”

Hiram made no answer, but turned with
a sigh toward the door. The keen disap-
pointment expressed in the boy’s face,
and the touching quietness of his manner,
reached the feelings of Mr. Easy. He was
not a hard-hearted man, but selfishly indif-
rent to others. He could feel deeply enough
if he would permit himself to do so.

“Stop a minute,” said he. And then
stood in a musing attitude for a moment
or two. “As you seem so anxious about
this matter,” he added, “if you will wait
here a little while, I will step down and
see Mr. G: at once.”

The boy’s face brightened instantly. Mr.
Easy saw the effect of what he said, and it
made the task he was about entering upon