The Wasp, 1913 · page 253 of 364
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This page contains no political cartoon or satirical imagery—it's narrative fiction text from *The Wasp* magazine. The passage describes a naval chase scene: the British sloop *Tartar*, commanded by Commander Scovil, encounters a French twenty-two gun warship while sailing south from Nevis. Though the *Tartar* is outgunned and designed for pirate-hunting rather than naval combat, she appears to be sailing faster than the French vessel. The text references earlier plot points involving characters named Alexander and Elizabeth, suggesting this is part of a serialized adventure story. No specific historical event, political figure, or satirical commentary is evident from this particular page.
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ee, 248 THE WASP credit to many families for his courage and good manners alone. Family loyalty was so strong in the sailor that he could not overlook it, even at the moment of Elizabeth’s confession of love. Eliza- beth understood, and loved him the more for it. While Alexander healed his neck and his heart at Government House, the Tartar sailed away without him on her fourth quest for pirates. Two days out from Nevis, south bound, Commander Scovil awoke one morning to find a large brig on the horizon to windward. He knew her for a war-ship at.a glance, and a second glance convinced him that she was a French twenty-two. The Tartar carried four light guns to a broadside, two heavy guns forward and two aft. She was a large sloop, and formidable as a sloop; but she was intended for hunting pirates, not for fighting men- o’-war. So the reefs were let out of her huge main- sail, her topsails were spread, and every head-sail was runup. The two dipping, swaying vessels were blown merrily across the ruffled sea under a blue and fleckless sky; and it soon became apparent that the larger vessel was being blown a little the faster. Comichooks.com