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Term Paper Title	The Ransom Of Red Chief
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The Ransom of Red Chief

by Laura Galindez

“It looked like a good thing, but wait until I tell you.”  This is how the ironic story of The Ransom of Red Chief begins.  It is the story of two moronic kidnappers and one holy terror of a child.  This story will make baby-sitters everywhere cringe and potential kidnappers think twice.

     Our story, narrated by Sam, one of the kidnappers, begins when Bill and Sam deiced that a good get-rich-quick scheme would be to kidnap and hold a kid for ransom. Doesn’t sound too far-fetched, but what a child for these two poor guys to choose. Finally settling on Ebenzer Dorset, the most prominent of a small town community, they catch his son, Johnny Dorset. They whisk Johnny away to cave bordering the town outskirts, and wait.
     Their first experience with Red Chief are not so bad. They kid plays Indians and decrees Sam and Bill to be executed at dawn. He’s basically a rambunctious little boy with a flapping jaw, who settles down after supper and goes to bed. But in the morning, Sam awakes to blood-curdling screams! Who but Red Chief is sitting and preparing to scalp Bill! From that moment on, Bill does not trust this little demon.
     Later on, Johnny only cause more trouble for Bill. He puts a boiled potato down Bill’s back and smashes it. Then he almost smashes him with a rock. After that, Red Chief sling shots rocks at Bill, until one hits him in the head, and he falls right into the camp fire. Sam decides now would be a good time to send a ransom note...

       “Ebenezer Dorset, Esq.:
     We have your son concealed in a place far from Summit. It is useless for you or the most skillful detectives to attempt to find him. Absolutely, the only terms on which you can have him restored are these: We demand Fifteen hundred in large bills for his return: the money to be left midnight at the same spot....”
The ransom note runs on, and Sam leaves Red Chief and Bill alone, while he delivers the ransom note...
     Oh poor, poor Bill! If this experience does not turn him from a life of crime, what will? Johnny decides to play Black Scout and forces Bill, the “hoss” to ride ninety miles to the “fort”, then, upon arriving there, eat sand to pretend for play oats. Then he spend hours answering the boy’s mindless questions, Finally, out of desperation, Bill sends the kid home, giving him a fantastic kick in the pants to help him on his way.
     While telling Sam all this, Johnny comes back to the cave. Yikes!

     Afterwards, when Sam goes to collect the boy’s ransom, he finds a rather disturbing letter....
     “Dear Desperate Men”
Gentlemen. I received you letter today by post, in regard to the ransom you ask for the return of my son. I think you are a little high in your demands, and I hearby make you a counter-proposition, which I am inclined to believe you will accept. You bring Johnny home and pay me two-hundred and fifty dollars ca...

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