. The Wasp. A Saturday journal of illustration and comment, devoted to the discussion of public affairs, finance, society and art. Conflicting emotions, like conflicting waves, sacri-fice their i-lentity by contention; but the waterswhich constitute the wave, help the formation of thecoming billow. The struggles of Jenny to attain an object, yet toavoid an evil, were of one who had the wisdom to feardanger, but who had not the requisite judgment to es-cape from it. To her simple experience, her embar-assment assumed huge proportions, and becomingregardless of consequences, her desperation quic
. The Wasp. A Saturday journal of illustration and comment, devoted to the discussion of public affairs, finance, society and art. Conflicting emotions, like conflicting waves, sacri-fice their i-lentity by contention; but the waterswhich constitute the wave, help the formation of thecoming billow. The struggles of Jenny to attain an object, yet toavoid an evil, were of one who had the wisdom to feardanger, but who had not the requisite judgment to es-cape from it. To her simple experience, her embar-assment assumed huge proportions, and becomingregardless of consequences, her desperation quicklymerged into defiance of higher motives and influ-ences. ***** It was a boisterous night; a bitter rain swept uponthe deck aud battered the bellied sails, as the vesselplowed and kicked her way npon her uneven The wind whistled as it split against her shroudsand through the rattliugs, and every eye on deckpeered vigilantly into the dense obscurity. The pilotstood lashed to the helm with little else but his fore-head aud eyes exposed to view; his sou-wester andstand-up collar closely enveloping him, except ashere aud there a buucli of saturated red hair croppedundesiguealy out. The vessel had just recoveredfrom the stagger of an enormously shipped sea, whenwhizz, boom, a ball screamed across her bow—it wasa signal to stop, and the captain commanded first toport the helm, then to lay-to. The pilot stood lashedand obeyed, aud the vessel steadied herself to theemergencv. Soon there loomed a sail from out the dark; shelowered a bh\ck speck upon the phospliorescent foamwliich tossed auu balanced it as adroitly as a juggler
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