The Wasp, 1913 · page 273 of 364
The Wasp — 1913 — page 273: what you’re looking at
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This page contains **narrative text only—no visible cartoon or illustration**. It appears to be from a serialized story or fiction piece in *The Wasp* magazine, not satirical content. The text describes a military raid: cutters (small boats) approach Bottle Harbor under cover of darkness to attack a white schooner. A character named Alexander, disguised as a common seaman, is aboard but determined to prevent someone named "James" from being captured alive. When the attack begins with a pistol shot, Alexander refuses to participate and instead "slunk into" (the text cuts off mid-sentence). **Without visible illustrations or clear historical context**, it's unclear what real political event or figure this narrative might satirize. The story reads as either a fictional adventure or possibly an allegory for a specific naval/military incident, but the page alone doesn't provide sufficient information to identify its satirical target or contemporary relevance.
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268 THE WASP cabin aboard the frigate. He was dressed like a common seaman, and his face and hands were stained so as to look rough and weather-beaten. He felt that it was hopeless to think of warning James of the attack. He could think of no plan of action; but he was determined that James should not be taken aboard the frigate alive. The cutters found the entrance to Bottle Harbor and crept silently into the basin. They saw the white schooner like a pale ghost against the black- ness of the hills and the water. Beyond the vague shimmer which they knew to be the schooner’s hull they could just detect pale patches which they took to be the white fronts of houses. Captain Robinson had decided that most of the schooner’s company would be sleeping ashore; so two of the boats went ashore and one slid noise- lessly alongside the vessel. Alexander was in one of the boats that went ashore. The little stone houses were surrounded. The doors and windows stood wide open. At the sound of a pistol-shot from the schooner the attack began. Alexander did not join in the assault, but slunk into Comichooks.com