The Wasp, 1918 · page 201 of 330
The Wasp — 1918 — page 201: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page appears to be **prose fiction rather than a political cartoon**—specifically, a serialized romantic narrative published in *The Wasp*, a satirical magazine. The text describes a romantic entanglement involving Elizabeth (the governor's daughter), Alexander Burnham (a sailor), and James (implied to be a previous romantic interest or fiancé). The narrative follows their week-long courtship, noting how Elizabeth stops speaking of James as she grows closer to Alexander. The passage emphasizes the emotional and atmospheric details of their meetings—moonlit gardens, seaside rides, tender glances—building to Alexander's farewell visit before sailing away on a pirate-hunting expedition under Commander Scovil. **Without seeing illustrations or identifying marks, this reads as serialized romantic fiction** rather than satire, though *The Wasp*'s inclusion of such material may itself be satirical commentary on sentimental literature of the era. The actual satirical point, if any, remains unclear from this text alone.
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192 THE WASP him at night, not as she had seen him in the white light of day and the yellow light of candles. The sailor’s blue eyes dwelt kindly, even tenderly, upon her face as he took her extended hand in his strong grasp. | During the week that followed their first meet- | ing the governor's daughter and Alexander — Burnham met daily. They rode together along the sands and upon the hills in the clean, cool hours: of morning and evening. They sat in shaded and beflowered gardens side by side. At first the girl would talk of James, describing | his valour and his unfailing good nature, and the sadness that always lurked behind his smile; but in a day or two she ceased to OES of him. So a week went past ; and then Commas Scovil decided that it was his duty to put to sea and hunt for pirates. The sloop was to sail at daybreak. Alexander went ashore on the eve | of sailing, just as the stars began to appear on the purple overhead and the white sea-fire to burn in the purple under-keel, and went up to’ | Government House. -He found Elizabeth in her own rose-garden alone. They walked the narrow, sanded paths for sy minutes in — silence side by oe Kcomichooks!com|