The narrator of the story
The narrator of the story is an easterner who has been asked to call on a talkative miner named Simon Wheeler, who proceeds to tell him a tall tale about the exploits of Jim Smiley. Smiley would bet on anything, including which bird would leave a tree branch first. Smiley also had a bull pup named Andrew Jackson which died after losing a fight to a three-legged dog. But Smiley's best known pet is the title creature, a frog named Dan'l Webster. FTP name this story set in California by Mark Twain.
The narrator of the story is an easterner who has been asked to call on a talkative miner named Simon Wheeler, who proceeds to tell him a tall tale about the exploits of Jim Smiley.