The Wasp, 1913 · page 204 of 364
The Wasp — 1913 — page 204: what you’re looking at
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This page from *The Wasp* appears to be **narrative text rather than a cartoon**—it's prose fiction describing a pirate action sequence. The passage recounts Captain Trimmer's raid on a vessel called the *Polly*: his crew plunders valuables (jewels, gold, silver, weapons, merchandise), takes captives including a woman and a priest, recruits Spanish sailors, and scuttles the ship. The satirical angle remains unclear from the text alone. Without seeing accompanying illustrations or knowing the broader story context, it's uncertain whether this is mocking a specific historical pirate, a contemporary political figure, or adventure fiction conventions. The numbered page (199) suggests this is mid-narrative in a serialized story. To understand *The Wasp's* satirical intent here would require additional context about what this Captain Trimmer represents—whether he's a real person, a fictional stand-in for someone, or purely entertainment.
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THE WASP 199 On the other hand, the provisions were low, the water was foul in the casks, and the last grain of gunpowder vanished. The hold was more than half filled with a jumble of all manner of merchan- dise. After a thorough overhauling of the Polly, Trim- mer put back to his own schooner with the woman and her personal belongings, the jewels, and the little bags of gold coins. The silver, some useful pistols and cutlases, and several boatloads of gen- eral merchandise’ followed in the transfer from schooner to schooner. Then the Polly was scut- tled. This affair had reduced the white schooner’s com- pany from forty-six to twenty-seven, including the — wounded ; but three of the Spanish sailors from the valiant brig had expressed their willingness to en- list with Captain Trimmer and were being held un- der consideration. These, with the young woman from the Polly and the ecclesiastic from the brig, swelled the list to thirty-two. Captain Trimmer called a meeting just before Comichooks.com