Midnight
Everything that she had acquired in those three years of a more advanced civilization denied and repulsed him . And now her meeting with Patches had stirred the warring forces to renewed activity , and in the distracting turmoil of her thoughts she found herself hating the land she loved , loathing the life that appealed to her with such insistent power , despising those whom she so dearly esteemed and honored , and denying the affection of which she was proud with a true woman 's tender pride . Kitty was aroused from her absorption by the shrill boyish yells of her two younger brothers , who , catching sight of their sister from the top of one of the low hills that edge the meadow bottom lands , were charging recklessly down upon her . As the clatter and rumble of those eight flying hoofs drew nearer and nearer , Midnight , too , `` came alive , '' as the cowboys say , and tossed his head and pranced with eager impatience . `` Where in the world have you been all the afternoon ? '' demanded Jimmy , with twelve-year-old authority , as his pony slid to a halt within a foot or two of his sister 's horse . And , `` We wanted you to go with us , to see our coyote traps , '' reproved Conny -- two years younger than his brother -- as his pinto executed a like maneuver on the other side of the excited Midnight .