Tumm

"Tumm," the skipper of the _Quick as Wink_ demanded, "what become o 'that lad?"

Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D. Norman Duncan 1893

"Tumm," the skipper of the _Quick as Wink_ demanded, "what become o 'that there little maid from Chain Tickle?"

Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D. Norman Duncan 1893

"Tumm," says the skipper, "this is a very queer thing.

Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D. Norman Duncan 1893

"Lost with the _Word o 'the Lord_," Tumm replied, "with all hands aboard."

Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D. Norman Duncan 1893

I tells you, Tumm, you isn't got no right t 'question the weather.'

Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D. Norman Duncan 1893

Straits shore of the Labrador -- when Tumm, the clerk of the _Quick as

Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D. Norman Duncan 1893

There was no fish in those places; and the _Quick as Wink_, with Tumm, the clerk, in a temper with the vagaries of the Lord, as manifest in fish and weather, spread her wings for flight to the Labrador.

Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D. Norman Duncan 1893

He lies awake in the night, Tumm -- in the company of his own heart -- an 'he isn't able t' forget jus 'how he _got_.

Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D. Norman Duncan 1893

"'Twas of a June night at Rickity Tickle that Davy Junk said these words," Tumm commented, in a kindly way, "with the Labrador vessels fitted out an 'waitin' for a fair wind: such a night as this -- a slow, soft little wind, a still, black harbor, an 'a million stars a-twinkle."

Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D. Norman Duncan 1893

I was cast out t 'make my way as a wee small lad; an' I was teached the law o 'life by harsh masters -- by nights' labor, an 'kicks, an' robbery, Tumm, by wind, an 'cold, an' great big seas, by a empty belly, an 'the fear o' death in my small heart.

Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D. Norman Duncan 1893