Life — September 17, 1914 — page 19: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a sequential comic strip showing a small character attempting to catch a ball or object. The strip progresses through approximately 49 numbered panels across eight rows. The narrative appears to show the character's escalating efforts and failures—starting with attempts to catch the object, progressing through various comedic mishaps, and culminating in increasingly frantic or chaotic scenes. The middle panels show the character at night (indicated by the dark panels with stars and moon), suggesting the action continues across day and night. The title "A High Fly" suggests this depicts someone chasing or trying to catch something that keeps eluding them—likely a baseball reference given the era's context. The humor derives from the mounting absurdity and physical comedy of repeated failure across the extended sequence.