In this work, after getting a boiling-hot potato shoved down his back, having to listen to a barrage of questions such as "Why are oranges round?"
In this work, after getting a boiling-hot potato shoved down his back, having to listen to a barrage of questions such as "Why are oranges round?" and "How many does it take to make twelve?," and surviving an attempted scalping, Bill declares that his favorite character in the Bible is King Herod. The original plan was to squeeze Ebenezer Dorset for two thousand dollars, but Bill and Sam reduce the demand to fifteen hundred dollars, only to be told that the redheaded brat's father will take him back from the kidnappers for a fee of just two hundred fifty dollars. The two criminals gladly pay up and leave town in what short story by O. Henry?
In this work, after getting a boiling-hot potato shoved down his back, having to listen to a barrage of questions such as "Why are oranges round?"
“The Ransom of Red Chief”