The Wasp, 1913 · page 266 of 364
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This page appears to be from a serialized fictional narrative rather than a political cartoon. It describes a romantic plot involving Elizabeth, Alexander, and James Burnham (identified as a pirate). The text suggests a historical adventure story set during a period involving naval conflict and royal authority. The narrative involves Elizabeth pressuring her lover Alexander to secure his resignation from naval service so they can marry, motivated by fear that his brother James—a pirate—might be exposed and ruin her marriage prospects with the governor. The story references "a remarkable sea-fight in which a pirate had come to the help of a king's" forces (text cuts off). Without seeing accompanying illustrations or knowing *The Wasp's* specific date and satirical targets, the exact political references remain unclear. The page appears to be part of a longer serialized story rather than standalone satirical content with identifiable contemporary figures or events.
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THE WASP 261 prospect of capturing his brother and swinging him from a yard-arm by the neck. Elizabeth urged him to carry out this plan with- out delay. She wanted to have her lover safe in England. Glory and the needs of her country seemed small things to her now. Alexander talked to Scovil, and at last succeeded in bringing the commander around to his way of looking at the matter; so he wrote his resignation and gave it to Scovil to be forwarded, and continued on sick leave until he should receive an answer from the admiralty office. Elizabeth hurried matters, for she was afraid that James Burnham might disclose himself again in his true colors, next time to some one less dis- creet than Commander Scovil, and that the governor might object to her marriage with the brother of a ‘pirate. So she decided to take no chances and, with- out declaring her fears even to her lover, arranged to have the wedding take place at the earliest pos- sible moment. Within two months of the remarkable sea-fight in which a pirate had come to the help of a king’s Comichooks.com