In this story Mark twain writes about a man, the narrator, that tells a story to his friend Ward about a man that used to gamble and gets fooled by a passing stranger through his town. Mark Twain tells this story in a southern way, showing the roots of his childhood as a southern country boy. The tale narrates a visit to Angel’s camp where he hears the story of Jim Smiley's frog. The narrator is searching for one Leonidas W. Smiley. He stops in an old tavern and meets "good-natured, garrulous" old Simon Wheeler. Simon can’t remember Smiley, but remembers a Jim Smiley who lived in the camp. The narrator then tells a narrative about the gambler Smiley and his gambling habits. As the tale goes Smiley is described as a lucky gambler and someone