The Wasp, 1913 · page 201 of 364
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This page appears to be from a serialized narrative or novella in *The Wasp*, rather than a political cartoon. The text depicts a flirtacious conversation between a woman and a man named Burnham aboard a ship. The scene involves romantic/sexual intrigue: the woman mentions being taken from a ship by the "late Captain Hicks" a year prior, and expresses preference for Burnham over "Captain Trimmer." She references Hicks as a serial philanderer ("lover of many women"). Without seeing the accompanying illustration, it's difficult to determine if this is satirizing specific maritime figures, social attitudes about women and sailors, or sexual conduct. The content suggests either a melodramatic serialized adventure story or satire of such literature. The reference to schooners and maritime trade suggests late 19th-century American setting, but specific historical figures remain unclear from text alone.
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196 THE WASP well done. She was not half a mile away, a beauti- ful thing of living white upon the still blue of the sky and the dancing blue of the sea, slanting grace- fully in her long tack across the wind. The woman placed both her hands on Burnham’s arm, stood very close to him, and gazed up into his face. “T regret you are not the captain,” she said. “I like you; and it may be I do not like this Captain Trimmer so well. Captain Hicks tell me, when he shut me in my berth after he see your schooner, how it may be that Trimmer get me very soon. So when I see you my heart jump with joy and I say to myself that it is better.” “Trimmer is a very amiable and worthy person, I assure you,” said Burnham, smiling. “But how came you into the hands of the late Captain Hicks, my beauty?” “He take me from a ship one whole year ago,” she replied. “He had much love for me for six month, and then not so much—but more than I have for him. He was the lover of many women— Comichooks.com