The Wasp, 1918 · page 262 of 330
The Wasp — 1918 — page 262: what you’re looking at
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This appears to be a page of fiction rather than political satire or cartoon content. The text describes a nautical adventure narrative involving characters named James and Henry Todd who spot a mysterious brig called the *Virtue* (also referred to as "The Boston brig Virtue") while sailing southward near the Saints' Passage. The passage includes references to a previous conflict—mention of a stolen craft, Burnham's company, and a casualty named Bill Hook—suggesting this is a serialized adventure story with plot continuity. Without seeing illustrations or political commentary on this page, I cannot identify specific satirical targets or explain contemporary references that would require visual elements or clarifying context from the surrounding publication.
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THE WASP 254 and-after within sixty hours of the theft of the former craft. The little trader’s anchor-watch, numbering three, had put up a slight resistance and had suffered extermination. One of Burnham’s company had been killed; but as it happened to be poor Bill Hook, it did not matter much. And now they squared away on what they hoped would be the last stage of their progres- sive voyage. They sailed southward for a-day and a night and a day, and on a morning of pearl and gold and pink, off the Saints’ Passage, they sighted a small brig to leeward of them, and also heading south. James studied the brig through his glass for a moment, then called Henry Todd to him and handed him the glass. “Tell me if you ever saw MS craft before,” he said. The lad looked, then gave vent to a rattling _ volley of oaths. “The Vartue !” he exclaimed. “ The Boston ~ brig Vartue-!” : - James nodded, and pd his reduced com- pany to him. He told them what he knew of the brig Virtue, and-he propounded an elabora- tion of his original plan. It might well be, so _ < comichbooks.com