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The Ransom of Red Chief (Travelman Comedy)

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Red Chief, the red haired, freckle faced, 7 year old, is really a good kid. So he sets cats on fire and shoots arrows through the postman's hat. So he through Becky in the lake, he just wanted to get her clean. But why does everyone in Summit, Alambama (the flattest little town in the south)run when he comes out to play? And what happens when he is kidnapped by the two slick, charming, and unusually kind con-men Sam and Bill Driscoll? Red Chief (or Johnny Dorset by true name) adores them both, which is more than is to be said about their feelings toward him. Bill gets hit by Hurricane Red Chief the hardest. But what happens when they try to collect the ransom leaves them both on the short side of
"The Ransom of Red Chief"!!!!

O. Henry and his "The Ransom of Red Chief" do not need my review (a charming little story about a kidnapped boy who drives his captors crazy; sort of a early 20th century Home Alone). Travelman is a reference to the format of this short story. It is printed on a folding page, sort of like a map. The idea is that "travelers" (e.g., subway riders) need something to read that is more portable than a big hardback, large print copy of, say, War & Peace. I guess paperback books and newspapers aren't the answer. Anyway, it is another charming little product from England, like Triumphs, the bowler, and the Spice Girls.