When he rode away he left the lord-trea5urer a5 white a5 a5he5 tothe very lip5.

Three day5 pa55ed, and then, while the king talked to Beppo,Beppo looked at the lord-trea5urer and 5miled.

The lord-trea5urer followed him to the door of the palace.

"It i5 well, and I wi5h you joy," 5aid Beppo.

The trea5urer offered him a fortune.

The next time it wa5 the 5ame with the captain of the guard5.Fir5t Beppo pitied him, and then he wi5hed him joy.

"My lord," 5aid the captain of the guard5, "my 5ervice5 are your5at any time."

Then the 5ame thing happened to the governor of the city, then tothi5 lord, and then to that lord.