input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. 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. 1. Who wanted to see Richard?
2. When?
3. What does he want Richard to do?
4. Where?
5. Whose mother has renters?
6. Who is one of them?
7. Who came back to work?
8. How does Frank feel about that?
9. Was Earle surprised to see him?
10. What did he claim he thought happened to Richard?
11. What did he really think?
12. Why?
13. Who accuses him of that?
14. Does he deny it?
15. what happens to his face?
16. Does Frank threaten Norris?
17. Does Frank always talk like that?
18. Who is Mr. Joyce?
19. Who says he's a good friend?
20. To who?
numbered_answers: 1. Mr. Mann
2. In the middle of the afternoon
3. accompany him to an office
4. on lower Broadway.
5. Frank Massanet
6. Richard
7. Richard
8. surprised and delighted
9. yes
10. "he had taken a vacation
11. he was discharged
12. he's been tryng to get him discharged
13. Frank
14. yes
15. it turned pale
16. yds
17. no
18. a leather merchant
19. Frank
20. Richard

input: (CNN) -- The parents of a missing Missouri girl have refused to be interviewed separately by authorities, Kansas City police said Wednesday.

But the attorney representing Jeremy Irwin and Deborah Bradley, parents of 11-month-old Lisa Irwin, said the couple is not opposed to separate interviews, but do not want what police requested -- an unrestricted interview with no attorneys present.

"Being questioned separately is not the issue," said attorney Cyndy Short. She said the couple has been cooperative and has previously been interviewed separately as well as together. They don't mind being interviewed separately as long as the detectives are fair, open-minded and non-accusatory, she said.

Lisa was reported missing about 4 a.m. October 4, after her father, Jeremy Irwin, arrived home from work to find the door unlocked, the lights on and a window that had been tampered with. The girl's mother, Deborah Bradley, said she last saw Lisa at 6:40 p.m. the night before.

Kansas City police Capt. Steve Young said Tuesday investigators had planned to conduct the separate parent interviews, but said Wednesday the couple had declined. Young said he did not dispute reports that the family had cooperated and answered questions, but the police department detectives still had unanswered questions.

Meanwhile, Lisa's half-brothers, who were in the family's home the night she disappeared, will be re-interviewed by authorities on Friday, Kansas City police said Wednesday.

The boys will be interviewed by a "child services specialist trained to interview kids," Young said. The interview will be non-confrontational, he said, and a police officer won't even be in the room. 1. what have the parents refused?
2. who is missing?
3. what is her name?
4. when was she reported missing?
5. what time?
6. who else was in the home that night?
7. who will interview them?
8. and?
9. Who is Kansas city police Capt?
10. what is the girl's father's name?
11. what did they want the detectives to be if interviewed separate?
12. how old was Lisa?
13. what kind of interview did the police request?
14. were the parents being cooperative?
15. according to who?
16. who is she?
17. when did Deborah last see her?
18. what was tampered with?
19. what else did the father notice? Return numbered answers in your output.

output: 1. to be interviewed separately
2. Missouri girl
3. Lisa Irwin
4. October 4,
5. about 4 a.m.
6. Lisa's half-brothers
7. authorities
8. a child services specialist trained to interview kids
9. Steve Young
10. Jeremy Irwin
11. fair, open-minded and non-accusatory
12. 11-month-old
13. unrestricted
14. yes
15. Cyndy Short
16. an attorney
17. at 6:40 p.m. the night before
18. a window
19. the lights on

Q: (CNN) -- The police officer who fatally shot a 93-year-old woman at her home in Texas has been fired after a city council vote Saturday.

Officer Stephen Stem was dismissed from the Hearne Police Department on Saturday after the city council voted 6-0 to take disciplinary action against him, said Jessica Vega, Hearne Police Department communications supervisor.

Stem was advised by his attorney not to attend the council meeting, according to CNN affiliate KBTX.

In the meantime, Texas Rangers continue the investigation into why Pearlie Golden, a longtime resident in this small town of about 4,600 people, was shot multiple times at her home Tuesday.

A man believed to be a relative of Golden's made a 911 call asking for help from police, Robertson County District Attorney Coty Siegert said.

"What I understand is (Hearne police) were called out because a woman was brandishing a firearm," Siegert said.

"An officer asked her to put the handgun down, and when she would not, shots were fired."

Hearne City Attorney Bryan Russ Jr. said Stem told Golden to drop her weapon at least three times.

Stem fired three times, and Golden was hit at least twice, he said.

She was transported to a local hospital, where she died.

The Hearne Police Department placed Stem on administrative leave pending the inquiry.

"We're very saddened by this. Everybody in the city government is deeply disappointed that this lady was killed," Russ said. "Now, the investigation is out of our hands. It's under the Texas Rangers, which is where we want it to be."

Answer the following questions:
1. Who died?
2. How old was she?
3. Was it a natural death?
4. How did she die?
5. By who?
6. What was his name?
7. Where was the woman when she was shot?
8. How many times was she hit?
9. Did she die on the scene?
10. Where did she die?
11. What department did the man work for?
12. Does he still work for them?
13. Did he resign?
14. Why doesn't he work there anymore?
15. When?
16. Why was the officer at the woman's home?
17. Did she really have a gun?
18. Who called the police to go there?
19. Is anyone looking into the matter?
20. Who is?
A:
1. Pearlie Golden
2. 93
3. no
4. she was fatally shot
5. a police officer
6. Stephen Stem
7. her home
8. at least twice
9. no
10. a local hospital
11. the Hearne Police Department
12. no
13. no
14. he was dismissed
15. Saturday
16. a woman was brandishing a firearm
17. yes
18. A man believed to be a relative of Golden's
19. yes
20. the Texas Rangers