308 SEEKING EMPLOYMENT. 



or before a certain day then fast approach- 

 ing. Seats of another kind are frequently 

 vacated, and as eagerly sought for by 

 hungry applicants. 



There were four proprietors on this 

 road, each possessing an equal right to 

 the appointment; but the London man 

 was considered the one whose sanction or 

 interest it was most desirous to obtain; 

 therefore, to him I went in the morning 

 and stated my business. He had not heard 

 anything about the man leaving, and 

 said that he could not, or should not, 

 trouble himself in the matter. I then 

 waited the arrival of the coach in the 

 evening, and asked the driver himself, as 

 he and I had been acquainted some little 

 time. He decidedly told me that it was 

 not his intention to leave. I told this to 

 the book-keeper, who smiled and replied, 

 " he will leave," and hinted to me the 

 reason for his denying it. Thus was I 



