“The Little Swiler”

Description

"He was such a very little chap, Blue eyes and sunny smile"; when the boy's father becomes ill, the youth sneaks off (with a knife but no gaff) to take a seal. A band of sealers finds him, feeds him, takes him home, for he "was really only ten"

References

  1. Ryan/Small, p. 116, "The Little Swiler" (1 text)
  2. BI, RySm116

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1978 (Ryan/Small)