TWILIGHT LAND

friends by the dozen and by the score, and the fame of
his doings went throughout all the land.

While his money lasted he was called Beppo the
Generous. It was only after it was all gone that they
called him Beppo the Foolish.

So by-and-bye the money was spent, and there was an
end of it.

Yes, there was an end of it; and where were all of
Beppo’s fair-weather friends? Gone like the wild-geese
in frosty weather.

“Don't you remember how I gave you a pee tal of
gold?” says Beppo the Foolish. ‘Won't you remem-
ber me now in my time of need?”

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

“Don’t you remember how I gave you a fine gold
chain with a diamond pendant?” says Beppo to another.
“And won’t you lend me a little money to help me over
to-day?”

But the summer-goose friend only grinned.

“But what shall I do.to keep body and soul together : ioe
says Beppo to a third.

The man was awit. ‘Go to a shoemaker,” said he,
“and let him stitch the soul fast.” And that was all the
good Beppo had of him.

Then poor Beppo saw that there was not place for him
in that town, and so off he went to seek his fortune else-
whither, for he saw that there was nothing to be gained
in that place.

So he journeyed on for a week and a day, and then
towards evening he came to the king’s town.

There it stood on the hill beside the river—the

grandest city in the kingdom. There were orchards
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