Midnight
Vivien Nelson has asked me to go there to-night , so I shall get along nicely . '' `` Very well , dear , '' her father replied . `` You are just like your mother , always planning for someone else , and planning so well , too . '' Dan 's heart thrilled with pride and delight as he sat by Parson John 's side and watched Midnight swinging along at her usual steady jog when there was no special hurry . So intent was the one upon watching the horse , and the other upon his sermon , that neither noticed a man driving a spirited horse dart out from behind a sharp point on the left , and cut straight across the river . It was old Tim Fraser , as big a rogue as existed anywhere in the land . He was very fond of horses , and that winter had purchased a new flier .