Midnight
Our Saviour sanctified fiction by giving his highest and deepest lessons to his disciples in parables . If you mean that kind of novels , read in moderation , I should decidedly say no . '' `` She means dime novels , '' said one of the girls . `` Oh , ` Headless Horsemen ' and ` Midnight Mysteries , ' fascinating maidens carried off by desperate ruffians . I am thankful to say that I have no personal acquaintance with that sort of thing ; but , girls , let me ask you a few questions . May I ? '' `` First , let all who read , or ever have read , what are called ` sensation stories ' raise their hands . ''