The Wasp, 1913 · page 220 of 364
The Wasp — 1913 — page 220: what you’re looking at
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This page appears to be from a serialized narrative story rather than a political cartoon. It depicts a dramatic scene where Governor Nash informs Alexander Burnham that his brother James has fled after fighting a man named Stanton. The governor anxiously denies involvement in James's disappearance, insisting he only showed James a letter from Scovil encouraging the reunion. The narrative tension suggests James was forced into a duel or fight, defeated his opponent ("pinked his man"), and then escaped. Without seeing additional context or the magazine's date, it's unclear what real historical figures or events this fiction references—if any. The names and scenario could be entirely fictional, or they could allegorically represent contemporary political/social conflicts that *The Wasp* readers would have recognized. The dramatic tone and gentleman characters suggest upper-class intrigue, possibly satirizing elite behavior, but the specific satirical target remains unclear from this passage alone.
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THE WASP 215 sailor’s arm, and gazed into the flushed and honest face with unmistakable signs of agitation. “He has gone,” whispered his excellency. ‘The poor lad has gone!” Alexander stared, wondering if the old gentleman had suffered from the sun. “You have not heard?” queried Nash. “Your brother—he has gone.” The color went out of Alexander Burnham’s face and his arm twitched. “My brother!” he said blankly. “What brother, sir? I have three.” “James,” replied the governor, pressing the young man’s arm with his fat fingers and staring up anx- iously into his face. “Don’t think that I had any- thing to do with his flight, for Heaven’s sake! He knew that you were coming. I showed him Scovil’s letter. He seemed overjoyed at the prospect of meeting you again; but, almost immediately, he was forced into a quarrel with a young man named Stanton. They fought, but I knew nothing of it, of course, until James had pinked his man and gone Comichooks.com