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Title: On blue water
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: De Amicis, Edmondo, 1846-1908 Brown, Jacob B
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Publisher: New York London : G.P. Putnam's Sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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rth certificate inscribed onthe muster-roll of the ship: ^ Before me, captain commanding the steamshipGalileo^ duly registered in the port of Genoa, thissuch and such a day of so-and-so, in the year eighteenhundred and so forth, at the hour of whatever it mayhave been, personally came and appeared so-and-so,doctor on board said steamer, accompanied by so-and-so, and so-and-so, did show to me a male childto which the woman so-and-so had Just given birth.And a smile was on every lip as we heard himread out that the native place of that poor littlebaby was lat. 4° north ; Ion. west of Paris 28°, 48(26°, 28 W. Greenwich). In witness whereof, the captain went on to read,we have drawn up this present statement in writing,and placed it on record upon the muster-roll of thisship. Signed by And then the captain with two of his officerssigned the record, and three certificates, one for theItalian Consul at Montevideo, one for the RecruitingBureau of the port of Genoa, and one for the father.
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Xast came one ot tbe twins witb a bit of can&le in bis banb. 228 ©n JSlue Mater. He then handed the pen to the father who, with thesweat of that unusual toil upon his brow, managed toscrawl his name three times. At this moment the ship gave a slight roll, andthe godmother staggered. The Argentine caughther arm to support her, and I could read in his eyesthe pitying astonishment he felt at touching thatfleshless limb. The sky had grown dark, the seawas of a livid color, and raindrops ^\ ere falling onthe deck above. The priest stepped forward. The child was named. He crossed himself; and,placing his large, hairy hand under the head of thesleeping infant, while the Argentine placed his handon its breast, he duly made the three aspersions fromthe glass of water saying: Galilee^ Petre, JolianneSy ego te haptizo in nominePatris et Filii et Spiritus Sanctis Then : Galilee Petre, PoJiannes, vade inpacein^ etDominus sit tecumr All the women at the windowanswered. Amen. Then he said the A

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