Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 183, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1911 — JUST FOR BITE OF TOBACCO [ARTICLE]

JUST FOR BITE OF TOBACCO

James Whitcomb Riley Starts a Com* motion That Has George Ade a Guessing. i » '* .•$ ’ *>. James Whitcomb Riley was a guest, a year or two ago, at Hazelden farm, George Ade’s big country place in Western Indiana. Ade had instructed all the farmhands before ttye guest’s arrival to spe-to it that Mr. Riley wanted for nothing while there tp make his stay pleasant. But he wasin’t prepared for the commotion he saw Tooking out at his bedroom window the morning after Riley came. The chief thing that attracted his attention was the sight of one of his big motor cars whizzing out. the driveway and off toward Brook, the nearest village, on highspeed. ’T ‘ *■ ~Vu. “Something awful has happened,” Ade muttered, “and they’re going for a doctor." And he didn’t lose any time getting into bis clothes. Out near the barn he found Riley •trolling about, taking in the early morning air. ~ ~ “What’s—what’s the matter?” inquired Ade, breathlessly. “What do you mean?” asked Riley. “Why, that motor car. Aren’t they going for a doctor or something?” “Oh, that,” replied Riley. “I’ve just been wondering myself whatever possessed your chauffeur to take on the way he did. I came up to him a few minutes ago and asked him if he had any chewing tobacco, remarking that I had bought a lot to do me while i was here and then forgot to put it in my grip. Without saying a word he ran away and began to crank up that machine. Can’t figure out what his game is.” But the explanation came in a few moments when the chauffeur came chuff chuffing back, still at full speed, with a dollar’s wbrth of chewing tobacco for the poet.