Ifound simon wheeler dozing comfortably by the barroom stove of the little old dilapidated tavern in the ancient mining camp of boomerang, and i noticed that he was fat and bald-headed, and had an expression of winning gentleness and simplicity upon his tranquil countenance. he roused up and gave me good-day. i told him a friend of mine had commissioned me to make some inquiries about a cherished companion of his boyhood named leonidas w. smily—rev. leonidas w. smily—a young minister of the gospel, who he had heard was at one time a resident of this village of boomerang. i added that if mr. wheeler could tell me anything about this rev. leonidas w. smily, i would feel under many obligations to him. which statement best summarizes paragraph 2? a) simon wheeler is lazy, fat and bald-headed. b) simon wheeler has no time to tell rev. leonidas w. smiley about the young narrator. c) simon wheeler clearly taking the place of being the major protagonist of this story. d) the narrator wakes simon wheeler and asks if wheeler can tell him about a rev. leonidas w. smily.