oyer, Aaron Bickford, has tried hard to
get into his good graces and secure his trade, but Kit employs another
man for whom he has a greater respect.

Kit has made more than one visit to the worthy Mayor Grant from whom he
received so much kindness when a young acrobat, and a marked partiality
for Evelyn, the mayor's pretty daughter, may some day lead to a nearer
connection between the families.

Good, like bad fortune, seldom comes singly, and besides recovering his
own property, Kit finds himself the favorite and presumed heir of Henry
Miller, the wealthy Californian, who has taken up his home with our
hero. Last summer they took a trip to California, and Kit was charmed
with the wonderful Yosemite Valley and the Geysers. He has decided to
become a lawyer, though he will be in a position to live without
employment of any kind.

A few months after his return, Kit read in the paper of the killing of
Dick Hayden, the miner, in a drunken brawl at Coalville.

He at once took steps to seek out the daughter, Janet, who had rendered
him such signal service when he was captured by the ruffians, and
brought her to Smyrna, where he provided a happy home for her in a
family of his acquaintance.

Nor has Kit forgotten his circus friends. Last year when Barlow's circus
returned from its wanderings he invited those whom he knew best, the
giant, his two brother acrobats, and Mlle. Lefroy, to pass a week as his
guests. For the sake of old times and experiences he is always ready to
help poor professionals, and has been a friend in need to many. He knows
that with all their weaknesses, they are generous to a fault, and ready
to divide their last dollar with a needy comrade. There are some who
think Kit shows a strange taste in keeping up acquaintance with his old
associates, but like his friend, Charlie Davis, who has also retired
from the circus, he will always have a kindly feeling for those with
whom he traveled when a YOUNG ACROBAT.

THE END.

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