Midnight
`` Midnight will go , and I will hold the reins . Come , Dan , the horse , quick . '' As Midnight drew up to the door a few minutes later , Parson John came out of the house and affectionately patted the sleek neck of the noble animal . `` Remember , Midnight , '' he said , `` you must do your best to-day . It 's for the sake of the little lass , and she was getting hay for you . Do n't forget that . '' For the Sake of a Child Night had shut down over the land as Midnight , with her long , swinging strides , clipped through the lighted streets of the prosperous little railway town of Bradin , and drew up at old Doctor Leeds ' snug house .