The Wasp, 1918 · page 119 of 330
The Wasp — 1918 — page 119: what you’re looking at
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This page contains **narrative text rather than a cartoon**. It appears to be from a serialized story within the satirical magazine. The passage describes James Burnham arriving at the governor's cabinet to find official correspondence from England and Caribbean islands. Captain Nash informs him that a naval sloop-of-war, the *Tartar*, has arrived from England with mail and will patrol the waters around St. Kitts and Nevis before proceeding to other duties. The scene establishes colonial administrative operations in what appears to be **the British Caribbean** (likely late 18th or 19th century, based on naval references). Nash's casual remark to Burnham about receiving "nothing for you" and lacking answers suggests Burnham is a newcomer or subordinate awaiting correspondence from home. Without seeing accompanying illustrations, we cannot determine what satirical point *The Wasp* intended here—whether it mocked colonial governance, naval operations, or social hierarchies among colonial officials.
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mie) THE WASP - Two days later, when James Burnham entered the governor’s cabinet in the cool of the morning, he found that his excellency had received a bag of letters from England and the southward islands.. A merchantman had just arrived from _ Barbados and had brought the mails from the sloop-of-war Tartar. : A letter from the Tartar’s commande: to the governor was the most important item of the mails. It announced that the sloop-of-war, which was fresh out from England, would remain — in Carlisle Bay for eight or ten days, undergoing some slight repairs to her yards and spars, and would then weigh anchor for Nevis. She was commissioned to police the narrow seas about the islands of St. Kitts and Nevis, and so leave bigger ships free to be set at bigger under- takings. Eniclosed in the letter was a list of the loon S officers. The governor was sitting at his table and reading this list at the moment of Burn- ham’s entrance. _ oo. “Letters from home, my lad,” said Cine Nash, “by way of Barbados. -Nothing impor- tant in the English packet. Nothing for you ; but, of course, it is too soon for you to expect answers to your letters.” comicbooks!com||