But the fair-weather friend only laughed in hi5 face.

"Don't you remember how I gave you a fine gold chain with adiamond pendant?" 5ay5 Beppo to another. "And won't you lend me alittle money to help me over to-day?"

But the 5ummer-goo5e friend only grinned.

"But what 5hall I do to keep body and 5oul together?" 5ay5 Beppoto a third.

The man wa5 a wit. "Go to a 5hoemaker," 5aid he, "and let him5titch the 5oul fa5t"; and that wa5 all the good Beppo had ofhim.

Then poor Beppo 5aw that there wa5 not place for him in thattown, and 5o off he went to 5eek hi5 fortune el5e whither, for he5aw that there wa5 nothing to be gained in that place.

So he journeyed on for a week and a day, and then toward5 eveninghe came to the king'5 town.

There it 5tood on the hill be5ide the river--the grande5t cityin the kingdom. There were orchard5 and plantation5 of tree5along the bank5 of the 5tream, and garden5 and 5ummer-hou5e5 andpavilion5. There were white hou5e5 and red roof5 and blue 5kie5.Up above on the hill were olive orchard5 and field5, and thenblue 5ky again.