Three stories based on O. Henry novels. (1) Bob Tidball recovers $30,000 in pristine credit cards from a bandit’s sack and races across the plains until his horse breaks its leg. Forced to mount Dodson’s stallion, he’s ambushed and killed by “Shark” Dodson, who seizes the entire loot. (2) A thief slips through a third-floor window to steal a stack of bills from a sleeping gentleman’s dressing table. When the homeowner awakens and raises only one hand against the revolver—his other immobilized by a sudden rheumatic attack—the would-be robber reconsiders his plan. (3) Sam and Bill, two small-time grifters short $2,000 for their swindle, decide to kidnap Ebeneger Dorset’s young son. They demand exactly that sum as ransom, setting in motion a desperate bargain.
«Shark» Dodson (story «The Roads We Take»)
Bob Tidball (story «The Roads We Take»)
Mr. Williams (story «The Roads We Take»)
train driver (story «The Roads We Take»)
train stoker (story «The Roads We Take»)
guard on the mail train (story «The Roads We Take»)
Peabody - clerk (story «The Roads We Take»)
landlord (story «Makes the Whole World Kin»)
thief (story «Makes the Whole World Kin»)
Sam - fraud (story «The Ransom of Redskins Chief»)
Bill Driscoll - Sam's partner (story «The Ransom of Redskins Chief»)
Johnny Dorset - «Redskins Chief» (story «The Ransom of Redskins Chief»)
Ebenezer Dorset - Joni's daddy (story «The Ransom of Redskins Chief»)
May 27, 1963
«Shark» Dodson (story «The Roads We Take»)
Bob Tidball (story «The Roads We Take»)
Mr. Williams (story «The Roads We Take»)
train driver (story «The Roads We Take»)
train stoker (story «The Roads We Take»)
guard on the mail train (story «The Roads We Take»)
Peabody - clerk (story «The Roads We Take»)
landlord (story «Makes the Whole World Kin»)
thief (story «Makes the Whole World Kin»)
Sam - fraud (story «The Ransom of Redskins Chief»)
Bill Driscoll - Sam's partner (story «The Ransom of Redskins Chief»)
Johnny Dorset - «Redskins Chief» (story «The Ransom of Redskins Chief»)
Ebenezer Dorset - Joni's daddy (story «The Ransom of Redskins Chief»)