CHAPTER XXIII. 

STRANGE DISCOVERIES. 

Frank Massanet was surprised and delighted to have Richard come to work again. 

"You have indeed a good friend in Mr. Joyce," he remarked when the boy had told him what the leather merchant had done. "One such is worth a thousand of the common sort." 

During the afternoon Earle Norris had occasion to come up to the stock- room. He started back upon seeing Richard at work. 

"Why, I thought you had taken a vacation!" he exclaimed. 

"So I did--for an hour," replied Richard, and without further words went on with his work. 

"Why, I thought--" began the shipping-clerk. 

"What did you think?" demanded Frank, coming forward. 

"Why I--I----" stammered Norris. "What business is it of _yours_?" he added rudely. 

"You thought he was discharged," went on Frank. "You've been trying your best to get him discharged." 

"Who says so?" demanded Norris, but he turned slightly pale as he uttered the words. "I say so. I don't understand your scheme, but that's what you are trying to do; and I warn you that you had better quit it." 

It was seldom that Frank Massanet spoke in such an arbitrary way, yet it was plain to see that he meant every word he said. 

"You're mistaken," returned Norris, hardly knowing how to reply. "But it's only natural that you should stick up for your mother's boarders. They help support the family, I suppose." 

And with this parting shot the shipping-clerk hurried below. 

In the middle of the afternoon Mr. Mann sent for Richard and asked the boy to accompany him to an office on lower Broadway. 
Who wanted to see Richard?
When?
What does he want Richard to do?
Where?
Whose mother has renters?
Who is one of them?
Who came back to work?
How does Frank feel about that?
Was Earle surprised to see him?
What did he claim he thought happened to Richard?
What did he really think?
Why?
Who accuses him of that?
Does he deny it?
what happens to his face?
Does Frank threaten Norris?
Does Frank always talk like that?
Who is Mr. Joyce?
Who says he's a good friend?
To who?
Mr. Mann
Mr. Mann sent for Richard 
In the middle of the afternoon
In the middle of the afternoon Mr. Mann sent for Richard 
accompany him to an office
 Mr. Mann sent for Richard and asked the boy to accompany him to an office on lower Broadway.
on lower Broadway.
accompany him to an office on lower Broadway.
Frank Massanet
"You're mistaken," returned Norris, hardly knowing how to reply. "But it's only natural that you should stick up for your mother's boarders. 
Richard
But it's only natural that you should stick up for your mother's boarders. 
Richard
 Richard come to work again. 
surprised and delighted
Frank Massanet was surprised and delighted to have Richard come to work again
yes
arle Norris had occasion to come up to the stock- room. He started back upon seeing Richard at work. 
"he had taken a vacation
"Why, I thought you had taken a vacation!" he exclaimed. 
he was discharged
"You thought he was discharged," went on Frank. 
he's been tryng to get him discharged
 "You've been trying your best to get him discharged."
Frank
"You thought he was discharged," went on Frank. "You've been trying your best to get him discharged." 
yes
"Who says so?" demanded Norris, 
it turned pale
 but he turned slightly pale 
yds
I warn you that you had better quit it." 

no
It was seldom that Frank Massanet spoke in such an arbitrary way,
a leather merchant
 Mr. Joyce," he remarked when the boy had told him what the leather merchant 
Frank
"You have indeed a good friend in Mr. Joyce," he remarked
Richard
You have indeed a good friend in Mr. Joyce," he remarked