Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 191, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 August 1911 — FINED IN INDIANAPOLIS; STRANDED IN RENSSELAER. [ARTICLE]

FINED IN INDIANAPOLIS; STRANDED IN RENSSELAER.

Motorcycle Tourist Telephoned Chi* cago Parents, Who Came to His Relief Sunday Morning. There arrived in Rensselaer at 5 o’clock Sunday morning, aftqe an allnight drive, a big Columbia touring car, with an anxious family as passengers. There was one homesick young man awaiting their arrival. The auto passengers were Mr. and Mrs. Chas. W. Alkire, of Chicago, and their son and daughter, Mr. O. D. Alkire and Miss Marie Alkire. The young man who awaited them was Charles W. Alkire, son of the two first named, and brother of the other two. The parents had labored under the* Impression that their son was in danger of lynching or some other direful Jfate in Rensselaer, but the son was stopping at the Makeever hotel with no further disaster impending than that which may come to a yonng man who has gone broke and has a disabled motorcycle on bis hands. Young Alkire had been on a motorcycle trip to West Virginia and everything went lovely until he was arrested at Indianapolis on the return

trip, for exceeding the speed limit. When a Chicago man is nabbed in Indianapolis he is given the limit, and it cost young Alkire $35 to square himself. He did not have a big surplus, and after he had paid his fine, an invoice showed that about all he had left was a motorcycle, an appetite and enough gasoline to reach Rensselaer. He had added to his liabilities, without increasing his assets, when he reached here, by having disabled his auto. He told his troubles to N. C. Shafer, of the Maxwell garage, and Mr.. Shafer staked him to the price of a telephone message, and he talked with that greatest of all . friends in time of trouble, his mother. She talked to pa, ana the entire family became frightened for fear Charley was in big trouble, and they cranked up the family buzz cart and beat It to, Rensselaer. Thus the story ends, everybody being entirely happy and the reunion of the prodigal with the parents was celebrated by a big' breakfast at the Makeever hotel, after which the departure was made for Chicago'. Nice, lean chunks of pickled pork, same as others get 15c for, 12% cents. JOHN EGER. Calling Cards at The Republican.