Ward, a man with liver and drinking problems, attends a meeting of the Fenians and speaks to the uselessness of fighting for or working towards a free Ireland and advises the men to be satisfied with their lives in America. They disagree, but peacefully listen.
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Born in small-town New England, Charles Browne began his career as a young contributor to the Boston Carpet Bag, a humor magazine, and later at Cleveland’s The Plain Dealer he adopted
