CHAPTER XXVII.
BRADLEY AND HIRST.
- RADLEY the officer recovered so far,
after nearly a year, as to be able to get about, and when the mines of the north were discovered, pushed out into that country.
I was there before him. I was engaged in trans porting gold and letters for the miners in the mountains to and from the settlements, and doing a large and prosperous business.
I was in my express office in Wallawalla one day, when one of my friends entered with some agitation to tell me that Bradley was in town.
I reflected a moment, and then sent word that I should like to see him at my office. He soon came limping through the door and looking about for the man whom he had last met face to face in such bloody combat.
I stood behind the counter and he came forward. I gave him my hand, while with the left I held my
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