Popeye narrates this tale while strumming his banjo on a Mississippi Riverboat sailing from Cairo (Illinois) to New Orleans. A maiden in distress (Olive, who else?) comes rushing by, gives him a letter to send, and then rushes off followed by this brutish-type fellow. The French-accented cad asks Popeye is he has the letter, which he denies, and then goes back to chasing Olive.
Popeye just keeps strumming his banjo and narrating in rhyme. Soon, the sailor-song man catches up to Wimpy the Scout, who is the father of the distressed woman. (It's as if all our familiar characters are on stage putting on a play, being other people.)
The key to the story is to find out what's in that letter. That's the question Popeye keeps asking. Overall, this was a "cute" adventure story more than anything else, and I appreciated the original ending, not the normal fare.
Popeye just keeps strumming his banjo and narrating in rhyme. Soon, the sailor-song man catches up to Wimpy the Scout, who is the father of the distressed woman. (It's as if all our familiar characters are on stage putting on a play, being other people.)
The key to the story is to find out what's in that letter. That's the question Popeye keeps asking. Overall, this was a "cute" adventure story more than anything else, and I appreciated the original ending, not the normal fare.