Says who?!
"I'll fix you. You better beware!"
What is Johnny, a.k.a. Red Chief?
How much time it takes before the two men and the boy fall asleep on the first night.
What is three hours?
The meaning of "undeleterious".
What is harmless?
The meaning of "collaborate".
What is to work with someone?
"...stepping softly like a scout"
What is a simile?
"You're a liar! You're afraid."
What is Bill?
The time Ebenezer Dorset is expected to reply to the ransom note.
What is half past eight?
The meaning of "lackadaisical".
What is lacking effort and enthusiasm?
The meaning of "impudent".
What is rude and disrespectful?
"...as well hidden as a tree toad"
What is a simile?
"There isn't any heart disease in your family, is there?"
What is Sam?
How long Sam waits on the tree before he takes Ebenezer's answer note.
What is one hour?
The meaning of "philoprogenitiveness".
What is love for one's children?
The meaning of "somnolent".
What is almost sleeping or causing sleep?
"...that forty-pound chunk of freckled wildcat"
What is a metaphor?
"I'm not as strong as I used to be, but I think I can promise you ten minutes."
What is Ebenezer Dorset?
How long it takes Sam to walk from the tree back to the cave.
What is half an hour?
The meaning of "industriously".
What is with a lot of hard work and effort?
The meaning of "decry".
What is criticize?
"In ten minutes I shall cross the Central, Southern, and Middle Western States and be legging it trippingly for the Canadian border."
What is hyperbole?
"Have you got a gun about you?"
What is Bill?
The time Red Chief is returned to his home.
What is twelve o' clock midnight?
The meaning of "hither and yon".
What is in many directions?
The meaning of "surreptitiously".
What is secretly?
"Just at the moment when I should have been abstracting the fifteen hundred dollars, (...) Bill was counting out two hundred and fifty dollars into Dorset's hand."
What is irony?