The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus
Two boys stopped to read a poster, Dan Clark and Christopher Watson, both 16yrs old, Barlow's Circus was coming to Smyrna, Dan had no money but Christopher known as Kit offered to pay, Kit's uncle was the richest man in town and his guardian, Kit's uncle had sent Kit to the same school as his son Ralph 16yrs and always had money, now his uncle was to give him no more money and he was told to make his own way in life
The next day Kit and Dan went to see the Circus being prepared, they met the giant Achilles Henderson, Conrad the dwarf and Madam Celeste the fat lady, they also watched the Vincenti acrobats practising, Kit said to Dan that he could do what they were doing, the acrobats heard and offered to let him try, they were very impressed with what Kit could do, they said he ought to join the Circus
Kit's uncle told him that his father left nothing but debts and was owed 10.000 dollars so he sold everything and kept it for the debt, Kit's father had always said his uncle was poor so he found it all hard to believe, Kit and Dan met to go to the show, during the performance a lion escaped, striking down a clown, Kit remembered he had picked up some snuff for a friend and approached the lion throwing snuff into his eyes, the trainer ran in and captured the lion, Mr Barlow the Circus owner thanked Kit, Mr Barlow offered Kit 10 dollars a week to become an acrobat
Uncle Stephen found a blacksmith and gave him Kit as an apprentice, Kit only found out at the last minute as the blacksmith arrived, Kit had no intention of staying but went with him to Oakford six miles away, the blacksmith was a mean miserly man and was going to force Kit to work for him, later looking round the village he met a boy Bill Morris who had worked for the smith, Kit told him he was going to work at the Circus, next morning Kit met Bill and he left the smith heading for the Circus, Bickford gave chase, Bickford caught Kit and was dragging him to the wagon, Achilles appeared picked up Bickford and threw him over a fence, the smith was furious and ran away
Kit was employed as an acrobat and was to perform that night, Bickford takes his wife to the Circus hoping to catch Kit, Barlow was pleased with Kit and raised his money to 25 dollars a week, Bickford caught Kit again, Kit asked for time to change and it was so dark Bill took his place, it wasn't till he reached home Bickford discovered he was deceived, Kit's berth is next to Harry Thomas who sold sweets, he wakes Kit in the morning for the parade, four weeks pass and they are in Coalville, a miners town, 20 miners arrived at the performance and refused to pay, the ticket seller called for help and the Circus people rallied, there was a terrible fight, one of the miners tried to cut the ropes to the tent but Kit stopped him, Achilles ran to help out at the fight and laid out many men until they ran away, on his way back to his birth Kit was kidnapped by two miners
The miners took him to a cabin and tied him up telling him they were going to beat him badly in the morning, Harry noticed Kit wasn't in bed and told Achilles, the Circus was moving on but he stayed behind to look for him, Dick Hayden one of the miners told his young daughter Janet what he had done, Janet crept out in the morning and released him, Kit headed for Groveton the next town, the two miners gave chase one threatening to kill him when he was caught
You will have to read on to find out what happened when the miners caught Kit, would Achilles be in time to help, Kit finds some information regarding his uncle and father, does Kit continue with the Circus when the season ends, does any new information help to prove that Kit's uncle took his father's money
What is the future for Kit, does Dick Hayden get his righteous punishment, what about Janet who was kind to Kit and the future of Achilles the friendly giant, one of Horatio Alger's better books, over forty chapters long and free, worth a read
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