A previously unpublished cartoon strip.
This one has a bit of Jackspeak so, to save you going to my dictionary pages…
‘Bubbly’ in the old navy was the name for grog freshly mixed; when the water was first added to the neat rum, it created a head, just like beer does.
‘Addled’ means drunk. It still does.
‘Swinging the lamp’ means to tell a tall story, or just to stretch the facts a bit.
In the background can be seen a marine sentry standing beside the belfry and guarding the scuttlebutt, to prevent unauthorised access to it. Also AC (Able Cat) Emily is trying to get into the chicken coop, for obvious reasons.