Midnight
shouted Jim as Belle read the letter the next morning at breakfast . And then , much to Pa Boyd 's amusement he broke out in his lusty baritone : '' 'T is my ain countree , 'T is my ain countree ! ' The fairest brightest land That the sun did ever see . '' Midnight and the horse that had been Belle 's were waiting in the stable . `` Now , where shall we go ? Up Cedar Mountain , to Fort Ryan , or where ? '' asked Belle as they saddled their mounts .