Midnight
`` It is much safer for me than it would be for you . Never cross the Golden Crest . I have warned you , so remember . '' Again she touched her whip to Midnight , who leaped forward up the steep trail , pleased to be away from the place where he had received such a fright . Only once did the girl look back to wave a friendly hand to Reynolds ere a sharp turn in the trail hid her from view . For a few minutes Reynolds stood and looked up the trail after the girl and horse had disappeared from view . He was strongly tempted to follow to the heights above to see what lay beyond .