# Hoddy Ringo — Short Fiction character guide

> Hoddy Ringo in Short Fiction by H. Beam Piper.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Hoddy, Mr. Hoddy Ringo

**First appearance:** 0000-time-and-time-again

## Who they are

A gambler and adventurer in a time-travel story.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_24_se/chapters/i)

Native New Texan assigned as Silk's personal secretary; mentioned as already aboard the ship.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_24_se/chapters/ii)

Silk's personal secretary and bodyguard, a native of New Texas, carries a hidden pistol and a letter to Space-Commander Stonehenge.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_24_se/chapters/iii)

Silk's companion, who assists in the forcible escort and later tries to avoid attention from Captain Nelson.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_24_se/chapters/iv)

Silk's bodyguard and confidential secretary, relishes the barbecue atmosphere.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_24_se/chapters/v)

A bystander who drops his food and jumps on the wounded assassin after the shooting.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_24_se/chapters/vi)

Present during the council, comments on Ambassador Silk's reputation as a gunfighter.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_24_se/chapters/vii)

Hoddy drives Silk to the ranch, later visits Bonneyville in disguise, and participates in the Embassy meeting about the Bonney brothers' case.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_24_se/chapters/viii)

Attaché extraordinary to the narrator, offers to obtain a wristwatch from a z'Srauff agent.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_24_se/chapters/xi)

Covers spectators during the shootout, later leaves New Texas after the treaty ratification, possibly involved in a bank robbery.

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