Short story: Ransom of Red Chief

Hello Bookworms!
Today I am posting a summary of the short story 'Ransom of Red Chief' by O. Henry. When I say summary, I mean a writer's thoughts on the story while trying to avoid spoilers. The tale is a well done first person account following the villains of the piece, even though no one really knows if they are the true villains. They get an idea to kidnap the son of a respectable citizen in a back road town. Unfortunately, the boy is quite pleased to be away from home and soon proclaims himself as the Indian 'Red Chief'. At first the men think nothing of it, but that all changes when the boy tries to scalp one of the men, and tries to burn the other at sunrise. The story continues as the pair slowly learn what a hassle a young boy can be. I believe the best line in the whole piece is "The kidnappers considered themselves desperate men. After Red Chief had joined them, they realized that they hadn't even known what desperate meant."  Besides that, tomorrow I plan on posting something special, so keep looking for that! Habent sua fata libelli!