Ward and Sam duel wits in a oyster dinner peopled with newspapermen and theatre types… pg 133 Bohemians http://is.gd/1diPdJ http://books.google.com/books?id=hZmOJA_Ri_0C&lpg=PA115&ots=mI8AKEOFks&dq=Dr.%20Clement%20Rice%20Twain&pg=PA133#v=onepage&q=Artemus&f=false 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
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Ward arrives in VC
with his manager E.P. Hingston. An Englishman. MTIVC pg 122 they party hard. Frollick on rooftops. “I want to walk in the skies” Go to the theatre. Ward helps them finish layout so that they can all go party. They pull all-nighters. Ward crashes with dan and sam. They hit the roofs after visiting Chinatown […]
sam in carson hones in on his lecture style
Sam is elected president of the factitious third house (third estate) of the constitutional convention – made up of reporters and comm staff of the electeds. He speaks again – an edit of his roast speech. NAILS IT. MTIVC pg 118