The Wasp, 1913 · page 147 of 364
The Wasp — 1913 — page 147: what you’re looking at
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This page is prose fiction rather than a political cartoon. It appears to be from a serialized story in *The Wasp* magazine featuring characters named James Burnham, Kitty, and Henry Todd. The narrative depicts Burnham returning to Government House in emotional distress after a woman named Kitty has betrayed and abandoned him again. He meets with a young assistant, Henry Todd, who has apparently secured a boat and awaits orders. Burnham sarcastically questions whether Todd still believes him to be a pirate, and Todd—speaking in working-class dialect—responds that he'll follow Burnham regardless of what role or identity he assumes. The text suggests an adventure story involving escape or flight, but without additional context or images showing caricatures, the specific political or social satire *The Wasp* intended remains unclear. The page may be mid-narrative with satirical meaning dependent on preceding or following installments.
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144 THE WASP James Burnham returned to Government House with an indescribable bitterness pinching his heart. Even the prospect of a fight could not lighten his mood just then. Kitty had betrayed him again; Kitty had escaped him again. He had never demanded virtue of her, as virtue is understood by the respectable, but he. had always given her credit for a sort of rogues’ honesty. He hated her now; but he knew that the hatred would not last. He found Henry Todd waiting for him in his room. He locked the door, threw aside his hat and skirted coat, and sank into a deep chair beside an open window, . One candle burned in a sheltered corner. “I got the boat, sir,” said Henry Todd. ‘What next, cap’n?” ; “T believe you still take me for a pirate,” said Burnham. ““No, sir,” replied the lad, ‘‘Leastwise, I take yer honor for whatever ye want to name yerself; but Comichooks.com