The Wasp, 1918 · page 109 of 330
The Wasp — 1918 — page 109: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page appears to be **prose fiction rather than a cartoon**—specifically a serialized narrative story. The text depicts a romantic domestic scene featuring characters named Kitty, Burnham, James Burnham, and Elizabeth Nash. The passage describes a resolution to some past conflict: Burnham has been "silenced" regarding the past, followed by reconciliation between lovers (Kitty embracing her lover), and concludes with a peaceful evening scene of James Burnham reading poetry to Elizabeth Nash in a rose garden. **Without additional context or visible illustrations**, it's unclear whether this is standalone fiction, a satirical narrative mocking sentimental literature, or a serialized story. *The Wasp* was primarily a satirical publication, so the melodramatic tone might be intentionally parodic, but the page itself contains no overtly political references or identifiable caricatures to confirm satirical intent.
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100 THE WASP ee q Burnham completely silenced and in his power, | that Burnham éould as ill afford to refer to the past as she could. Kitty ceased weeping and sighed. She opened — her blue eyes, slipped her tender arms about — her lover’s neck, and thanked him with a kiss. The shadows were long in the narrow streets — and painted gardens anda cool breeze fanned in from the sea. James Burnham sat in the rose garden with Elizabeth Nash and read aloud to her from a book of verses. . icomicbooks:com *