Title: Elmer Gantry (1. Author: Sinclair Lewis. A Project Gutenberg of Australia e. Book *. e. Book No.: 0. Language: English. CHAPTER I 1 Elmer Gantry was drunk. He was eloquently drunk, lovingly and pugnaciously drunk. He leaned against the bar of the Old Home Sample Room, the most gilded. 2001: Don't stop movin' - . Express (Gabriel - Moore) - . 1983: A me mi torna in mente una canzone - Below is a complete listing of all broadcasts of the Saturday Night Theatre title. This is not necessarily a definitive list for example Agatha Christie's 'Ordeal by. Anita Kendrick Wall: My Memories of Monroe in Words, Photographs and Music. William Bryant was born on January 31, 1924 in Detroit, Michigan, USA as William Robert Klein. He is known for his work on General Hospital (1963), The Great Race. Child and Teen Actors in Films and Television Actors With Surnames beginning with 'W' Unverified Actor entries are enclosed in William Castle (April 24, 1914 – May 31, 1977) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. Orphaned at 11, Castle dropped out of high school. Character set encoding: HTML- -Latin- 1(ISO- 8. Date first posted: May 2. Date most recently updated: May 2. This e. Book was produced by: Don Lainson dlainson@sympatico. Project Gutenberg of Australia e. Books are created from printed editions. Australia, unless a copyright notice. We do NOT keep any e. Books in compliance with a particular. Be sure to check the. You may copy it, give it away or re- use it under the terms. Project Gutenberg of Australia License which may be viewed online at. ELMER GANTRYby. Sinclair Lewis. To. H. MENCKENwith profound admiration. No character in this book is the portrait of any actual. S. L. CONTENTSCHAPTER1. Elmer Gantry was drunk. He was eloquently drunk, lovingly and. He leaned against the bar of the Old Home Sample. Room, the most gilded and urbane saloon in Cato, Missouri, and. No bartender could. Elmer, so inspired and full of. Wouldn't live with him if wasn't! Bes' quarterback. Milwest. Lefferts, with protestations of. Elmer and Jim Lefferts retired to a table to nourish the long. Actually, they. sang very well. Jim had a resolute tenor, and as to Elmer Gantry. He was born to be a. He never said anything important, and he always said it. It was. a 'cello, his voice, and in the enchantment of it you did not hear. Luxuriously as a wayfarer drinking cool beer they caressed the. Strolling through the shaaaaady lanes, with your baby- mine,You hold her hand and she holds yours, and that's a very good. That she's your tootsey- wootsey in the good old summer time. Elmer wept a little, and blubbered, . You get somebody to pick on you, and I'll. He was furious at the wrong about to be suffered. He arched his. paws with longing to grasp the non- existent scoundrel. Nobody can touch my roommate! What you need is 'nother drink. I'll get. 'nother drink. He tasted one, and murmured foolishly, . But they couldn't fool him! The whisky. would certainly be in that other lil sawed- off glass. He. was right, as always. With a smirk of self- admiration he sucked in. Bourbon. It tickled his throat and made him feel powerful. Elysium of benevolence. The barroom was deliriously calming. The sour invigorating stench. The bar was one long shimmer of. The light was dim, completely soothing. On the brown. plaster walls were sleek naked girls. He turned from them. He was empty now of desire for women. Jus' wants to get all she can out of you. A piece of. newspaper sprang up, apparently by itself, and slid along the floor. His legs moved by themselves. They did a comic thing once- -they got twisted and the. He laughed, and rested against some. Ewigkeit to assist him. Then unknown invisible blocks, miles of them, his head clearing. Jim Lefferts who suddenly seemed. You might as well go find a nice. His mouth hung open and he. But still, he was to be allowed one charming. Oh, he exulted, it was a great party. For the first time in weeks. Terwillinger College. Elmer Gantry, best known to classmates as Hell- cat, had, this. Terwillinger College had known in ten years. They had won the. East- middle Kansas Conference, which consisted of. But since the last night. Jew tailor. and the president's tabby- cat, Elmer had been tortured by. He regarded basket- ball and gymnasium antics as light- minded for a. When he had come to college, he had supposed he. November, he still was doubtful. What good would it be in the. European History. Charlemagne? How much cash. Better be out in business. But still, if. his mother claimed she was doing so well with her millinery business. Lot easier. than pitching hay or carrying two- by- fours anyway. Despite his invaluable voice, Elmer had not gone out for debating. Y. M. C. A., for with all the force of. Once or twice in the class in Public Speaking, when he had. Dan'l Webster and. Henry Ward Beecher and Chauncey M. Depew, he had known the. The debating set urged him. San Domingo out of dusty spotted. He kept from flunking only because Jim Lefferts drove him to his. Jim was less bored by college. He had a relish for the flavor of. He liked to know things about people dead these thousand. Elmer was. astounded that so capable a drinker, a man so deft at . He'd get out and finish law school and. To keep him from absolutely breaking under the burden of hearing. Jim. illegally smoking the while; he did have researches into the. But he could not afford liquor very often. It was lamentable to see this broad young man, who would have been. Terwillinger. 3. Terwillinger College, founded and preserved by the more zealous. Baptists, is on the outskirts of Gritzmacher Springs, Kansas. The windows were hard to. There was about the place the anxious propriety and all the. In this museum, Jim had a surprising and vigorous youthfulness. He was slim, six. Elmer, but hard as ivory and as sleek. Though he. came from a prairie village, Jim had fastidiousness, a natural. All the items of his wardrobe, the . You felt that he would. There. was a romantic flare to his upturned overcoat collar; the darned. His thin face was resolute. You saw only its youthful freshness. Jim Lefferts was Elmer's only friend; the only authentic friend he. Though Elmer was the athletic idol of the college, though his. Elmer was never really liked. He was supposed to be. They were. all a bit afraid, a bit uncomfortable, and more than a bit. It was not merely that he was a shouter, a pounder on backs, an. It was because he was always demanding. Except with his. widow mother, whom he vaguely worshiped, and with Jim Lefferts, Elmer. He wanted everything. His first year, as the only Freshman who was playing on the. In that office, he was. At class- meetings he cut speakers short, gave the. Elmer forced himself into the. Junior year by threatening not to play football if he. He appointed Jim Lefferts chairman of the ticket. At the beginning of Senior year, Elmer announced that he desired. To elect any one as class- president twice was. The ardent Eddie Fislinger, now president of the Y. M. C. A. Why, everybody hates him, the darn' hog! He halted, and spoke of football, quantitative. Arkansas spinster who taught German. Elmer grunted. Desperately, his voice shrill with desire to change the world. Eddie stammered. Course all the. Nobody's ever been president twice. Honest, Elm- -Hell- cat- -I'm just speaking for. The nominations ain't secret! Now you go roll your hoop. Fissy, and let all the yellow coyotes know that anybody that. Uncle Hell- cat will catch it right where the. And if they tell me they didn't know. Hail Columbia for not telling 'em. If there's anything but an unanimous vote, you won't do any. He reasoned that men who. Thus it happened that he had no friend save Jim Lefferts. Only Jim had enough will to bully him into obedient admiration. Jim was. selfish enough, but it was with the selfishness of a man who thinks. The little man treated Elmer like a large damp dog, and. Elmer licked his shoes and followed. He also knew that Jim, as quarter, was far more the soul of the. A huge young man, Elmer Gantry; six foot one, thick, broad, big. Great Dane is handsome, and a. His eyes were friendly, his. He was a. barytone solo turned into portly flesh; he was a gladiator laughing. He could not understand men who shrank from blood, who liked. In sonorous arguments with Jim he asserted. Elmer owned two volumes of. Conan Doyle, one of E. Roe, and a priceless copy of . Willoughby Quarles, formerly. Rock of Ages Baptist Church of Moline, Ill., than whom. Dr. Do you believe with us not only in the. Bible but also in its verbal inspiration. There's just one or two little things that have. Doctor. I've taken them to the Lord in prayer, but. Now why did Joshua. Of course it happened- -it. Scripture. But why did he need to, when the. Lord always helped those Jews, anyway, and when Joshua could knock. And. if devils cause a lot of the diseases, and they had to cast 'em out. Baptist doctors today don't go on diagnosing. T. Do. people have devils? Never question the. Lord!! If you would. God in prayer and give him a chance, you'd understand. Quarles (he had a. I've told you what to do. I showed him how to look for spiritual guidance and- -Did that. The idea of him wanting fifteen cents. There was nothing to do in town, and their room was dizzying. Jim was studying German, tilted back in an elegant position of. Where the hell would I get any money before. You'll. be a knock- out at the law. Aside from neither of us having any money. Dutch quiz tomorrow, it's a great project. He had gone back to his book, but he placed it. Damn these co- eds here. The few. that'll let you love 'em up, they hang around trying to catch you on. And I got to see Juanita. I've got a palpitating heart right now. Juanny!! Go and borrow ten off this new instructor. I've got a dollar sixty- four left, and. That's why I suggested him! Do the. check- failed- to- come. I'll get another hour of this Dutch while. The train swayed so on the. Elmer and. Jim were thrown against each other and gripped the arm of their seat. And tall raw farmers. Jim's shoulder to steady. To every surface of the old smoking- car, to streaked windows and. Passengers came to sit on. But Elmer and Jim were unconscious of filth and smell and. They sat silent, nervously intent, panting a little, their. Juanita and. Nellie. The two girls, Juanita Klauzel and Nellie Benton, were by no means. Juanita was cashier of the Cato. Lunch- -Quick Eats; Nellie was assistant to a dressmaker. They were. good girls but excitable, and they found a little extra money useful. He. was still rather noisy and proud of wickedness when he was in a state. He was confident, he was easy, he was almost. Juanita and Nellie lived with Nellie's widow aunt- -she was a moral. They had just returned from work when Elmer and Jim. Juanita was lounging on. Oriental red and yellow cover (displaying. Wazir, three dancing ladies in chiffon trousers, a. She was curled. up, pinching her ankle with one tired and nervous hand, and reading a. Laura Jean Libbey. Her shirt- waist was open at.
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