The book The River's Children, An Idyl of the Mississippi was written by author Stuart, Ruth Mcenery, 1856-1917 Here you can read free online of The River's Children, An Idyl of the Mississippi book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The River's Children, An Idyl of the Mississippi a good or bad book?
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"I knowed yo' pa's ma, ole Ma'am Toinette, she 'd turn in her grave lessen her gran'-chil' was christened Cat'lic, so I had her christened dat way. Dat ole half-blind priest. Father Some'h'n' other, wha' comes from Bayou de Glaise, he was conductin' mass meetin' or some'h'n' other, down here in Bou- ligny, an' I took de baby down, an' he sprinkled her in Latin or some'h'n' other, an' ornamented behind her ears wid unctious ile, an' crossed her little [112] THE RIVER'S CHILDREN forehead, an' mad...e her eat a few grains o' table salt. He done it straight, wid all his robes on, an' I g'in him a good dol- lar, too. An' dat badge you see on her neck, a sister o' charity, wid one o' dese clair-starched ear-flap sunbonnets on, she put dat on her. She say she give it to her to wear so 's she could n't git drownded— Kfce as efl 'd let her drownd. Yit an' still I lef it so, an' I even buys a fresh blue ribbin for it,once-t an'awhile. I hear 'em say dat blue hit's de Hail Mary color— an' it becomes her eyes, too.
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