Ben and Bradley saw the young couple off on the steamer, and then prepared to go back to the mines.
"It's made me feel kind of lonesome to part with Dick Dewey," said Bradley, thoughtfully. "He's a whole-souled feller, and he's 'struck it rich' in a wife."
"That's so, Jake."
CHAPTER XXX.
THE NUGGET.
Ben and Bradley made their way back to Golden Gulch by easy stages. They reached the Gulch about sunset, and were welcomed in such noisy style by the miners that it might almost be called an ovation.
"We reckoned you'd come," said one of the leaders. "You look like you'd keep your promise."
"I hope there ain't any hosses been stole since we went away," said Bradley, jocosely. "Ben and I ain't quite ready to hand in our checks."