# Mister Adams — Short Fiction character guide

> Mister Adams in Short Fiction by Ernest Hemingway.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0004-indian-camp

## Who they are

Nick Adams's father, the doctor.

## In the story

### [Ten Indians](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_15_se/chapters/ten-indians)

Nick's father; tells Nick he saw Prudence Mitchell with Frank Washburn in the woods, causing Nick's heartbreak.

### [Now I Lay Me](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_15_se/chapters/now-i-lay-me)

Nick's father, who carefully retrieves stone tools from a fire.

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