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Old Dorset is Johnny's father, and a prominent rich man in the town of Summit. We aren't given much information about him, though Sam does describe him as:.

Respectable and tight, a mortgage fancier and a stern, upright collection-plate passer and forecloser. In other words, he's kind of a jerk. Perhaps Johnny is the best indicator for the character flaws of the father.

For one, we understand from the pure joy that Johnny is experiencing in his situation that his father is a tad neglectful. After all, he's perfectly willing to bluff with his son's life, as with his "counter proposition" that demands that they pay him What kind of dad does that? Bill and Sam chose to do their kidnapping in the town of Summit.

He can afford to pay a small ransom to get Johnny back. Why do Sam and Bill need two thousand dollars? They need the money for a land swindle. What did Red Chief threaten to do to Sam? They are afraid that someone may have murdered Red Chief. They are worried and anxiously searching for Red Chief. They are in disbelief that a kidnapping could happen in a small town like Summit. In fact, the kidnappers rely on this for their scheme to earn money: Bill, the more battered between the pair, hastens to bring back the child and pay the ransom to the father.

What were the terms of Mr. He will pay the two thousand dollar ransom. He will pay one thousand dollars in ransom money.

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