IN DIFFICULTIES.
Jack looked at first surprised, then smiled with malicious joy as he recognized the boy who accosted him.
"Ha! my chicken, it's you, is it?" he said. "You remember me, don't you?"
"Yes, I remember you," said Jasper.
"I thought I'd get hold of you again some time," said Jack, "but hang me if I expected to find you out here. What brings you here?"
"I came here on business," said Jasper.
"So you are a man of business, are you?" sneered the burglar.
"I am in the employ of Herman Fitch, of St. Louis."
"The father of the boy that Dick kidnapped?"