The Wasp — 1914 — page 254: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is narrative text, not a cartoon. It describes a white schooner nicknamed the *Wasp* that operates at remarkable speed along the Caribbean, between St. Vincent and Martinique. The text details how the *Tartar*, a British naval vessel, engaged this ship and its commander, Major Deck, in combat. The *Tartar* returned to Nevis damaged, carrying "material for a score of hangings" (captured contraband), and with her own wounds. Alexander Burnham was seriously wounded during the boarding action against Deck's vessel. The passage appears to be from a serialized adventure narrative, likely satirizing actual piracy or privateering activities in colonial Caribbean waters, though specific historical identification cannot be confirmed from this text alone.