Midnight
The wound of losing Blazing Star had healed , and the scar it left was a precious thing to Jim much as the Indian holds his Sun Dance scars as proofs of fortitude unflinching . Fort Ryan and all the plains were in a rosy light this spring . It was a threefold joy to ride on Midnight , with Belle , and to visit Blazing Star in his stall at the Fort . Hartigan felt a little guilty as the gentle creature would come and nose about for sugar lumps while Midnight would lay back his ears at the approach . Midnight had a temper , as was well known ; but it was never let forth , for the master that had so little skill in handling men was adept with the horse . These were very full days for Jim and Belle , though they took their happiness in very different moods . There never was a grown man more incapable of thought for the morrow than Hartigan ; he was alive right now , he would right now enjoy his life and Belle should be the crown .