Trick Went Wrong, Or Did It?

An old trick that has probably been tried in every small town around the country went real wrong when it was pulled on Ricky Shawmate. It was in the early sixties and Ricky was a kinda shy fellow that lived on the outskirts of Harper. Everybody knew he was not knowledgable in the ways of love because he never went out with a girl or nothing. The trick was a bunch of guys would spread word that a girl from out in the county was willing to provide love to any number of boys. Ricky was asked to join in and around midnight of the night in question he was standing in line by the open door of an old Ford automobile. All of a sudden a big man in overalls came running up and fired a shotgun in the air. He yelled out, "I'm gonna get ever one of you guys. And especially you Ricky Shawmate. Y'all move away from my little girl." At that point everybody took out running and met up down at the Sweets and Burgers to laugh about their joke. Hap Lincoln, the one in the overalls, was among them. The next day at school Ricky Shawmate was absent. Then word came out that he hadn't come home that night. It's been over fifty years since that night and no one has seen or heard from Ricky, that is until today.
Tomorrow: Ricky Comes Home.