The stock-room was in the rear, the large windows overlooking
an alley.
The place was piled high with books of all descriptions, some in sets
and others separate, from cheap reprints to costly volumes filled with
etchings and engravings.
"Here, Mr. Massanet, I've brought a young man to help you," said Mr.
Mann, addressing the clerk in charge, a pleasant-looking fellow
apparently not many years older than Richard.
He came forward and gave the boy a kindly look of welcome.
"We need help here," he said. "There is plenty to do."
"His name is Dare--Richard Dare," continued Mr. Mann. "I do not know
him, but a friend recommended him."
"We'll soon see what he can do," replied Frank Massanet, with a smile.
"Are you going to work now?" he asked of Richard.
"Yes; break him in at once," said Mr. Mann. "I'll leave him in your
charge. Mr. Massanet will tell you anything you want to know," he went
on to the boy. "He is the head here."
Left alone with Frank Massanet it did not take long for Richard to
become well acquainted with the stock-clerk, who gave him a few brief
directions and then set him to work filling up broken sets of books,
dusting them, and placing them in a case for shipment.
"We must get this whole batch away by next Tuesday," said Massanet.
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