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How does O. Henry help the reader understand the ironic situation with the kidnapped boy?

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the irony is that they wanted 2,000 dollars for the return of the sonand then they paid the sons father 250 dollars to get rid of the boy so in the end they ended up being the ones to pay and not the sons father.
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