The Wasp, 1913 · page 265 of 364
The Wasp — 1913 — page 265: what you’re looking at
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This page contains **narrative fiction rather than a political cartoon**. It appears to be from a serialized story in *The Wasp* magazine titled "The Wasp" (page 260), following characters named Elizabeth and Alexander Burnham. The passage describes a romantic scene where Elizabeth receives and destroys a letter, then embraces Burnham. The narrative then explains Burnham's decision to retire from naval service and pirate-hunting to marry Elizabeth, having inherited a Berkshire property from his grandmother. Without additional context about the story's publication date or broader narrative, it's unclear what social commentary or satire this might contain. The text reads as straightforward romantic fiction rather than satire, suggesting this page may be part of *The Wasp*'s serialized story content rather than its satirical commentary sections.
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260 THE WASP by his white face and haggard eyes, and ran to him with her hands extended. He held them in his and told her, swiftly and briefly, the story of the sloop’s adventure. Then, freeing her right hand, he pressed the open letter into it. He saw the blood slip away from her cheeks as she read. She finished reading, crushed the letter in her hand, looked up into his face with eyes tender and loving and beautiful beyond words, and flung her arms around his neck. She drew his face slowly down to her own and kissed him on the brow, the eyes, and the lips. The letter was not burned, but was torn into tiny fragments and buried deep in the warm garden-loam at the roots of a.rose-bush. As Elizabeth still loved him, and was now more anxious to marry him than ever, Alexander Burn- ham decided that his best plan was to retire from the navy. He possessed a snug property in Berk- shire that had come to him from his maternal grandmother. He felt that he owed this step to Elizabeth; and, for his own part, his ardor for pirate-hunting had cooled. He did not relish the Comichooks.com