The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-05-13
A REPRINTED REBELLION.


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This is the true story OF two little Ital-
ians and their war of independence.
| Carlino Chiesa and Beppo Morelli were
aged respectively eleven and twelve years.
! They labored together in a Neapoliton res
taurant hard by Washington square, for
| the very modest wages of 81 a week ana
| all the spaghetti they could eat Old Car
| 10. proprietor of the restaurant, and
| kindly soul, though somewhat rough spo-
| ken, treated the urchins well on the whole,
although he quite frequently cuffed them
| soundly when they offended. Never Tor
J moment did he dream that they would re-
sent his paternal system of government
| Now. it must be hard to save money on
! 81 a week. yet Beppo and Carino. after
the lapse of several months. succeeded III
laying by a really respectable sum. None
/ but the boys themselves knew of the little
Joint bank account which they had opened,
and old Carlo began to be greatly puzzled
regarding certain strange signs OF lnde-
pendence displayed by his assistants. lie
was altogether dumbfounded when on
| coming down to breakfast one morning, he
| found beside his plate the following no
tice. In somewhat shaky Italian:
ITO the Villainous Tyrant, the Padrone
Carlo ecchi-Miscreant!-We, the
| Signore Carlino Chies and Beppo Morelli'
hereby inform you that we propose TO quit
your abominable service forthwith ana TO
engage in the shoe-black and banana
trades unless you swear to grant us the
following concessions: l. That you raise
our weekly wages from 81 to 81. ?. That
you cease to address us as thou, which IS
term for children an1 slaves, ana that
I'm future you use the more honoraple you
g. That you accoIc the Signor Chiesa-
aforesaid. full PERMISSION to change ms
name to Church. the same being the
meaning In the English tongue of his pat
ronymic. 4. That the Signore Carlino and
Bcppo be permitted to sleep until O'Clock
every morning ana that they Shall ENJOY
toTaI relief from all cuffs. boxes on the
ears and such like degrading inhctlons.
The cowardly miscreant to whom this pro-
nunciamento is addressed as requested 10
answer Immediately.
(Sgned) "CARLlNO CtuhTn
Formerly CHIESA.
"BEPPO MORELLI."
The first sound that issued from ole lar
los Inns. aft ,r a pcrusal of this document,
was "A loud laugh. Then he sent LOT tiie
boys and told them, with affected anger
that he positively declined to grant any Oh
tbsir requests and that they might leave
his employ whatsoever they chose me
result OF this emphatic speech was that
Carlino and Beppo departed from the res
taurant that very afternoon.
IL
They hied them straightway to the Banca
Neapolitana, in Sullivan street, where Their
money lay. In few minutes the entre
sum, ST. had been drawn out. They boys
felt with a glow of pride, that they were
rich and independent.
an the strength OF independence and
riches they ordered a NEST filing dinner at
n restaurant notorious for its rivalry with
that of their late employer, ard topped OIL
the goodly feast with a big bottle or
Neboa
once more sallying forth they spent a
-. tif,,, Of wealth
uurchaee of a fruit stand. Now, the ne
who sod them the stand was a sharp fell
low from the Brindisi district, ana ne
cheated them shamefully. The trult, whlch
he had guaranteed as fresh, became utterly
spoiled an a day or two, and was only nj
10 throw. away only two customers pa
tron'Zed the little vendors, and the ehtre
takings of the stand amounted, AFTER the
third day, to 80 cents. Meanwhile the boys
had taken tiny room in a miserable tehe-
ment, and one evening certain OF their
countrymen stole in while they slept ana
STOLE <, from beneath Carlinos pillow.
The only resort left was to sell the de-
nuded fruit stand at Il ruinous sacrlhce ana
invest in a boot-blacking box and the nee
essarv brushes. This took the very last
cent possessed by our spectators, and
there were no big bottle OF Nebiola ana
gargantuan feasts for them that day.
However, they were very hopeful as
they set out with the shoe-biackihg ap-
paratus. Horrors or horrors! 1hey had
hardly gone four blocks wnen down came
tn q trcacherous ram. 1t raned all that day
and most of the next, and when Carlno
had opined that there was no more rain
water left in the celestial reservoir, there
came a continuous fall of snow instead.
II only the boys had been able to hold
ont until a change in the weather. they
might have reaped a fine harvest, but hun
ger anawed at their vitals and the appear
ance of that snow simply destroyed their
last hope. Accordingly, they sold the shoe
Hacking plant al half cost and ate raven
ously upon the product of the sacrifice.
III.
on the following morning as old Carlo,
their ex-"tyrant." was once more sitting
down to his breakfast. he perceived beside
his plate "A folded slip of paper.