"Then the child was stolen?"
"Yes."
"I suppose your husband kidnapped the child in order to get money from the parents for his return?"
"Yes," the woman admitted.
"How can you assist him in such wicked practices?"
"What can I do?" said the woman, helplessly. "I have spoken to him, but it does no good. He won't heed anything that I say."
Jasper began to pity the poor woman. It looked as if she were an unwilling helper in her husband's crimes.
"Do you know where your husband got this boy from?" he asked.
"No; he didn't tell me."
"Is this the first child he has kidnapped?"