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Where were the two characters, Bill Driscoll and the narrator, when the kidnapping idea struck them?
Where were the two characters, Bill Driscoll and the narrator, when the kidnapping idea struck them?
They were down South, in Alabama.
What did the narrator and Bill need to pull off a fraudulent town-lot scheme in Western Illinois?
What did the narrator and Bill need to pull off a fraudulent town-lot scheme in Western Illinois?
They needed two thousand dollars more.
What did the narrator and Bill believe would make a kidnapping project more successful in semi-rural communities?
What did the narrator and Bill believe would make a kidnapping project more successful in semi-rural communities?
They believed that philoprogenitiveness, the love for one's offspring, was strong in semi-rural communities and therefore a kidnapping project ought to do better there.
What did Bill and the narrator describe as 'as flat as a flannel-cake'?
What did Bill and the narrator describe as 'as flat as a flannel-cake'?
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According to Bill, when did the kidnapping idea strike them?
According to Bill, when did the kidnapping idea strike them?
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