# Ad Locust — Elmer Gantry character guide

> Ad Locust in Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Ad Locust

**First appearance:** 0014-chapter-iii

## Who they are

A friend of Elmer's from his early days.

## In the story

### [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/elmer_gantry_se/chapters/chapter-x)

Ad Locust is a traveling salesman for the Pequot Farm Implement Company who shares bourbon with Elmer on the train and invites him to meet the other salesmen at the Ishawonga Hotel.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/elmer_gantry_se/chapters/ii)

A traveling salesman for the Pequot Farm Implement Company; offers Elmer bourbon and invites him to meet his friends at the Ishawonga Hotel.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/elmer_gantry_se/chapters/iii)

Ad Locust is a Pequot salesman who encourages Elmer's drinking and helps him when he passes out.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/elmer_gantry_se/chapters/v)

Welcomes Elmer back to Monarch after his dismissal.

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