# Mrs. Mooney — Ragged Dick character guide

> Mrs. Mooney in Ragged Dick by Horatio Alger Jr..

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** a Mrs. Mooney

**First appearance:** 0014-xii-dick-hires-a-room-on-mott-street

## Who they are

Dick's landlady on Mott Street.

## Relationships

### [Ragged Dick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/characters/ragged_dick)

_professional_

Mrs. Mooney is Dick's landlady, who rents him a room and provides lodging.

### [Jim Travis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/characters/jim_travis)

_social_

Jim Travis is a fellow boarder at Mrs. Mooney's lodging house, interacting as acquaintances.

### [Ragged Dick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/characters/ragged_dick)

_professional_

Mrs. Mooney is Dick's landlady, who rents him a room and provides lodging.

### [Ragged Dick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/characters/ragged_dick)

_professional_

Mrs. Mooney is Dick's landlady, who rents him a room and provides lodging.

### [Jim Travis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/characters/jim_travis)

_social_

Jim Travis is a fellow boarder at Mrs. Mooney's lodging house, interacting as acquaintances.

## In the story

### [Dick Hires a Room on Mott Street](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/chapters/xii-dick-hires-a-room-on-mott-street)

The landlady of the Mott Street lodging-house; she rents Dick a small third-story room.

### [XVI: The First Lesson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/chapters/xvi-the-first-lesson)

Agrees to let Fosdick share Dick's room for an extra twenty-five cents per week.

### [Dick Loses His Bankbook](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/chapters/xxi-dick-loses-his-bankbook)

Provides information about Travis's presence in the house and the similarity of bureau locks.

### [XXII: Tracking the Thief](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/chapters/xxii-tracking-the-thief)

Mrs. Mooney unwittingly admits Travis to the boarding house, enabling the theft.

### [XXIII: Travis Is Arrested](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ragged_dick_se/chapters/xxiii-travis-is-arrested)

Is informed that Travis will not return; she is owed rent and soon lets his room to a more creditable tenant.

## Links

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