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- I looked at Bill and stopped. He had the most appealing look in his eyes I ever saw on the face of a dumb or talking animal.
- Sam, what’s $250, after all? We’ve got the money. One more night of this boy will drive me crazy. I think Mister Dorset is making us a good offer. You aren’t going to let the chance go, are you?
- “Gentlemen: I received your letter about the ransom you ask for the return of my son. I think you are a little high in your demands. I hereby make you a counter-proposal, which I believe you will accept. You bring Johnny home and pay me $250, and I agree to take him off your hands. You had better come at night because the neighbors believe he is lost. And, I could not be responsible for what they would do to anybody they saw bringing him back. Very respectfully, Ebenezer Dorset.”
- Tell you the truth, Bill, this little lamb has got on my nerves, too. We’ll take him home, pay the ransom and make our get-away.
- We took him home that night. We got him to go by telling him that his father had bought him a gun and we were going to hunt bears the next day.
- It was 12 o’clock when we knocked on Ebenezer’s front door. Bill counted out $250 into Dorset’s hand.  We have successfully returned the boy to his parents.
- And, as dark as it was, and as fat as Bill was, and as good a runner as I am, he was a good mile and a half out of Summit before I could catch up with him.
- i was only funning, i didn't mean to hurt old hank. But what did he hit me for? i'll behave if you don't send me home.
- Then i went out and caught the boy and shook him.
- If your behavior doesn't improve, i'll take you straight home. Now, are you going to be good, or not?
- I thought it was best to send a letter to old man Dorset that day, demanding the ransom and telling how it should be paid. The letter said: 
- We have your boy hidden in a place far from Summit. We demand $1,500 for his return
- I slid down the tree, got the note and was back at the cave in a half hour. I opened the note and read it to Bill. This is what it said:
- I mailed my letter and left. The postmaster said the mail carrier would come by in an hour to take the mail on to Summit.
- Gentlemen: I received your letter about the ransom you ask for the return of my son. I think you are a little high in your demands. I hereby make you a counter-proposal, which I believe you will accept. You bring Johnny home and pay me $250, and I agree to take him off your hands.
- “Gentlemen: I received your letter about the ransom you ask for the return of my son. I think you are a little high in your demands. I hereby make you a counter-proposal, which I believe you will accept. You bring Johnny home and pay me $250, and I agree to take him off your hands. You had better come at night because the neighbors believe he is lost. And, I could not be responsible for what they would do to anybody they saw bringing him back. Very respectfully, Ebenezer Dorset.”
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