After unsuccessfully trying to send Johnny home himself, Bill is the one who suggests lowering the ransom, and he finally begs Sam to pay the $250 fee that Ebenezer has requested to take his son back. As the fantasies evolve, Bill plays Johnny’s horse, Black Scout, which requires allowing Johnny to physically ride Bill while Bill is on his hands and knees-this proves to be a breaking point for Bill. Bill participates in Johnny’s cowboy and Indian fantasies, playing the role of Old Hank, a trapper that Johnny holds captive. Johnny plays rough and Bill takes plenty of bruising and humiliation. Up in a cave in the woods, Bill is often left as Johnny’s only caretaker while Sam attends to other aspects of the plan. Bill Driscoll is Sam’s partner in crime-together, the two men have committed a string of petty crimes “in poker games, dynamite outrages, police raids, train robberies and cyclones.” In a scheme to collect ransom money, Bill and Sam kidnap Johnny, a troubled local boy.
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