The Wasp, 1918 · page 62 of 330
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This page contains **narrative fiction, not a political cartoon**. It appears to be Chapter IV of a serialized story in *The Wasp* magazine. The text describes a dramatic scene: a character named Burnham encounters an unconscious young woman on a beach. She's described as white, young, dressed in white with riding boots and spurs, carrying a whip—suggesting she's an equestrian or possibly someone of higher social status. The narrative emphasizes her vulnerability (unconscious, disheveled) contrasted with her apparent authority (the whip, spurs, booted appearance). Burnham's exclamation "Here's a guide for me, as I live!" is unclear without broader context, but suggests her arrival holds significance to him. **Without knowing the story's full plot or date of publication**, the precise satirical or social commentary remains unclear. This appears to be serialized entertainment fiction rather than topical satire.
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IV Tue stranger was white and young. Burn- ham’s keen eyes told him so while she was yet a long way off. She was hatless, and her brown hair was tumbled about her drooping shoulders. She was dressed in white, with a long skirt, and in one gloved hand she carried a wisp of a whip. She walked as if the sands dragged back- ’ ward at her heels; the watcher saw that she was booted, and eet the glint of sunlight on her spurs. : Just as Burnham rose to meet her she reeled, fell, and lay motionless on the sand. ** Here’s a guide for me, as I live! ”’ exclaimed Burnham. He left the shade of the grove and went swiftly along the beach to the prostrate woman. The - hot sand scorched the soles of his naked feet. She lay face downward, and he stooped and : laid a hand on one of her slender shoulders. She did not move, and so he knew that she had 53 . comichooks.com