The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1860-04-12
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gracefulness of the child Christ and pretended
that his grandson would one day be a famous
artist able 70 build palaces. perhaps even a
splendid palace for the, great Faieri lfamily.A-
Stranger things than that have happenedj" said
he .sltsh
The little statue. although moulded in rough
clay, was executed with q wonderful degree of
artistic rgenius. The face of tho Virgin was
moulded withsexqnisite symmetry the limbs Of
the child were In good proportion, and the drape
ry Of the larger figure arranged in folds, which
seem to be formed of some light aud graceful
material. The oldmason was 40 con polsseur In
statuettes, or he would have arrested his little
grandson's hand, ms from time to time dissatisfied
with his work, or finding some new idea in his
ever ready imagination, Antonio demolished the
pretty models, one afler another. saying each
time he destroyed one, ~ wishlI we're a man y
Finally, after he had constructed devil, Of clay
which he called Master Paesillo and which he
embellished with pair of large horns, and n
forked tail, the two repaired to their humble
hotne, Antonio carrying in his hand the devil
Of clay, which he scolded at, and threatened TO
beat from tine to time, and at last went wearily
known so happy day since the original Of the
stntuette had first made acquaintance with his
mother. a.aHFH .H|'' ...'' .tA ''S
Now, one fine day, the fcast.d day dedicated to
celebrated saint. thing was ST. Cecilia. the
Duke Falieri gave n great entertainment. Many
were the fryingpaLs filled with dainty bits Of
meat--many the spits loaded with phensants,
ducks. turkeys, and chickens, strung on one after
another; above all, in the Rantries were pre-
serves, cakes confectons, ripe and picked fruits
Of all kiHds, enormous melons, huge bunches Of
grapes and all the luxuries Of the Italian soil--
Antonio, who had left the breach in the wall to
glide in among the boys who were turning the
spits. the cooks, the mnjor -domos, and the waters
smacked his pretty lips. and opened his eyes and
nostrils, staring at every dish and smelling the
delicious odoIs which arose from them; so that
it was pleasure to zee how pretty he looked
while admiring the grand preparations for the
feast. ...l.Ff.. ....-. .,. .
In spite OF the fine appearance presented by
the dishes, the major-dono. suddenly, just ms the
dishes were going up, gave himself n hard thump
on the forehead, aud another in his stomach, MS
il he had been suddenly attacked with collie. and
exclaimed: -...u .ruE .s-g .r- OBJ. H.s
81 am a ruined mnn ! a dshonored wretchl By
San Pietro. my patron saint, 1 have nothing to
do now but to kill myself Wretched thrice
wretched Pietroi what will become Of you p
| Oh Santa Madannsl what will be thought OF
your unlucky Pietro, you clown, you stupid
beasti lazy ass! donkey! mulel idiot, that you
arel A goose would have had more sense Your
honor is gone and with it that of the illustrious
house Of the Falieril" . .. = ... .g
Precisely on the spot where the unhappy major
domo was making his speeches of despair, the
head Of the falieri family happened to be rass-
ing by; lie heard the last clause of the oration
delivered by the major domo, and came hurried
ly down into the pantry, in order to know the
exact nature of the danger which threatened the
honor of his house. #.. .. ...-. ..-.n'.. f.'s
He entered, Just ms Pietro, who had thrown
himself into a chair, In an attitude of despair,
was swallowing a large glass Of brandy, which
one of his scuions presented respectfully to him,
dropping his cotton cap at the same time.
What is the matter" inquired the Duke,
stopping directly before the pajor.domo.
Beat me my Lord Duke-kill me I" exclaim-
ed the latter making hnste to swallow the re-
mains Of his brandy; but unluckily he just miss
ed otrnnglipg himself. by way of hastenng the
execution whichshe seemed arxiously should
take place for, owing to haste, distress or what
soever cause H. might be, the last swallow went
| aw ~ in the major-domo's throat, and he wa.
seized with an uneoni ronble cough, which pre-
vented him from fnishing his sentence. ''' ~
| The Duke looked round upon all the persons
assembled in the pantry, and in particular at the
little Antonio Canova, as ne thought he would be
most likely to hear from, him, in as few words a.
possible the cause Of such violent demons IONS
of despair. s"-. "
But no one could inform him, for oil were ig
norant of the cause OF the incoherent words and
threats Of suicide, which Pietro had been utter
ing. ..s..' H.. ..."H' H'...' . '..."'.' .'.
| When the worthy mans cough was q LITTLE
]. quieted, the Duke snid: '.' .. ...'..
''"will you expiaiuto me. Pietro, how my hon
or happens 10 be compromised with yours u . 'a
=" Because my feast, which IL feast worthy
Of being sci before the Pope. himself, the Dogt
troyed, annihia,ion, by piece Of forgetfulness
! on my part, mistake for which I would hang
| myself. il had O rope near at hand" z. 90. ...0
| What, can you have forgotten, Of so impor
tant and indispensable naturer ... roe. .
"The frat course is perfect, my Lord Duke; the
smaller side dishes, the principal dishes all are
| of an elevated character and elaborate finish
the second course surpasses the first 10 its artis-
tic combinations and its insurpassible taste the
third again leaves both the Others far behind, ii
4 thst be possible, In the choice selection til.
taste, the architecture, the artist ocratic perfec
tion which predominates in IL hut the dessert
the dessertI Oh! my Lord Duke. the middle
dish on the right side, the dish which is to be
placed next the temple Of wax and sugar repre-