# Ephraim Smith — Ragged Dick character guide

> Ephraim Smith in Ragged Dick by Horatio Alger Jr..

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Ephraim Smith

**First appearance:** 0012-x-introduces-a-victim-of-misplaced-confidence

## Who they are

A country man who hires Dick to guide him.

## In the story

### [X: Introduces a Victim of Misplaced Confidence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/chapters/x-introduces-a-victim-of-misplaced-confidence)

The countryman who is cheated out of fifty dollars by a swindler; he is naive and distraught.

### [Dick as a Detective](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/chapters/xi-dick-as-a-detective)

The swindler who cheated the countryman; he is confronted by Dick and returns the stolen money out of fear.

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