The Wasp, 1918 · page 192 of 330
The Wasp — 1918 — page 192: what you’re looking at
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This page appears to be **narrative fiction rather than a political cartoon**. It's Chapter XII of a serialized story set on the island of Nevis, likely from the 19th century. The text describes a naval visit where a ship called the *Tartar* arrives in harbor. A young man named Mr. Willis is present—physically worn from his medical work trying to save a patient named Percy Stanton. The passage reveals dramatic irony: Willis has been desperately in love with "the beautiful Miss Kitty" (Kitty Trimmer), who assisted him, yet he's been straining himself to save a man he "would gladly have dead"—presumably Percy Stanton, a romantic rival. This appears to be **serialized fiction with romantic and melodramatic elements** rather than satire. Without seeing the image clearly or knowing the story's full context, the specific satirical targets remain unclear, though it may parody Victorian romantic melodrama.
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XII. Tue governor of Nevis had given up hope of finding his friend James Burnham, and had decided that he had left the island by the time the Tartar let go her anchors in the harbour. The battery on the hill and the little war- vessel in the basin exchanged salutes. Then the sloop’s commander, accompanied by the senior of his two lieutenants and three very small midshipmen, came ashore to pay his re-_ spects to Captain Nash. The governor had a dozen of the officers of the garrison in attendance and young Mr. Willis. Mr. Willis looked paler, thinner, and brighter of eye than ever. He had been working hard over Percy Stanton—harder than there was need for, perhaps ; and the beautiful Miss Kitty _ had been his faithful assistant on the case. To practice all one’s skill to save a person from death | _ whom one would gladly have dead is acruel strain - on one’s nervous system. So Willis found it— - for he was desperately in love with Kitty Trimmer. : ~ 183 comichooks.com