The Wasp — 1914 — page 62: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains serialized fiction rather than a political cartoon. The narrative excerpt depicts a conversation between characters named Burnham and Henry Todd aboard a ship called the *Virtue*. Todd, apparently a crew member with religious upbringing, expresses willingness to abandon his current employment and join pirates instead—offering to "carry rum" and perform violent tasks rather than continue serving under Captain Smith and other officers. Burnham responds with skeptical amusement at Todd's pirate aspirations. The passage concludes with news that the ship is approaching the islands of St. Kitts and Nevis, and Burnham asks where they intend to sell his "neck for a reward"—suggesting he faces execution or bounty. The text appears to satirize maritime labor conditions and moral compromises of the era through dark humor.