The story starts with an introduction. The author introduces the background of the storyteller, whose name is Simon Wheeler. The author was told that he might ask Simon Wheeler about Reverend Levidas W. Smiley who is the person author's friend is looking for. Simon Wheeler has been Angle's Camp where Smiley resident. The narrator finds Wheeler in the bar room and describes Wheeler as "fat and bald-headed, and had an expression of winning gentleness and simplicity" (Twain 1261).

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Approximate Word count = 363
Approximate Pages = 1 (250 words per page double spaced)