Ward and Sam duel wits in a oyster dinner peopled with newspapermen and theatre types… pg 133 Bohemians
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Ward invites sam to come on the European Leg of his tour. sam agrees. may or june ward thinks drunkenly. instead of Sam, Ward took Edward H. (Ned) House a drama critic in NYC