The Wasp — 1913 — page 66: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains **narrative fiction**, not a political cartoon. It appears to be from a serialized story in *The Wasp* magazine (a 19th-century American satirical publication). The passage describes a tense beach scene: two men—Burnham and Henry Todd—are waiting anxiously on a sandy shore near whitewood trees. Burnham sits holding a knife, scanning the ocean and beach with a "baffled, desperate glance," suggesting he's awaiting something significant. Todd has fallen asleep. A woman then appears, approaching "wearily and unsteadily" from around a point of land. **The satirical context is unclear from this excerpt alone.** Without seeing previous installments or understanding the broader story, we cannot determine what situation Burnham and Todd are involved in, why they're waiting, or what the woman's arrival signifies. The narrative tension suggests drama or intrigue, but the specific social or political commentary—if any—remains obscure from this page alone.