The Wasp, 1913 · page 166 of 364
The Wasp — 1913 — page 166: what you’re looking at
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This page contains **serialized fiction rather than a political cartoon**. It appears to be a romantic narrative involving characters named Elizabeth, a governor, James Burnham, and Henry Todd, set in the Caribbean (Nevis and St. Kitts). The passage depicts an emotional scene where a governor confronts Elizabeth about her feelings for a man who loves her deeply but whom she's uncertain about. The governor's exasperation ("a mighty queer thing!") suggests generational frustration with youthful romantic confusion. The subsequent paragraph shifts to a nautical scene with Burnham and Todd sailing near Caribbean islands, suggesting this is a serialized adventure or romance story typical of *The Wasp's* content. Without additional context about the publication date or full narrative, the specific historical references or satirical intent—if any—remain unclear.
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THE WASP 161 slowly, his lips moving over each word in a kind of breathing half whisper, like a child at its book. His brows puckered as he read; his hand trembled; his cheeks paled. “Tf he loves you like this, why didn’t he tell us so?” he exploded. “Youthful follies!- Let them be regretted and forgotten. Like enough I was a fool myself once. And you loved him?” “J—I do not know,” sobbed Elizabeth. “I think so—and again I am not sure. He was brave and kind. He saved my life; but I do not know whether or not I loved him as he loves me!” “A queer thing,” said the governor, “a mighty ~ queer thing!’ James Burnham and Henry Todd crossed the marrow seaway between Nevis and the southern point of St. Kitts, rounded the cape, and sailed slowly along the eastern coast of the larger island. Tides of green foliage descended the rounded hills to the narrow, winding strip of sand. The seas, ' pale-green in the shallows, sparkled into the sand Comichooks.com