“Bring on the dreams,” he said out loud into the world around him.
“Bring on the dreams,” he said out loud into the world around him.
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He would walk to town and check on the latest gossip with his local friends before heading out to the mountain range for some hopeful prospecting.
He would walk to town and check on the latest gossip with his local friends before heading out to the mountain range for some hopeful prospecting.
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He gathered a dried roll and a cookie to eat with his coffee.
Once done, he and Cora left his truck camper and into the warming heat of the day.
He gathered a dried roll and a cookie to eat with his coffee. Once done, he and Cora left his truck camper and into the warming heat of the day.
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He began his morning routine: putting on a pot of coffee, splashing some water in his face from the canteen.
He began his morning routine: putting on a pot of coffee, splashing some water in his face from the canteen.
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“Well, not the time to make any hasty decisions,” he muttered to himself.
“Well, not the time to make any hasty decisions,” he muttered to himself.
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“So, it seems more dreams to come for me, Cora.
I guess we better prepare for that.”
He wondered if Cora had the dreams, too.
“So, it seems more dreams to come for me, Cora. I guess we better prepare for that.” He wondered if Cora had the dreams, too.
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He patted his lap dog, Cora, on the head, kissed her gently, and got up to give her breakfast.
He patted his lap dog, Cora, on the head, kissed her gently, and got up to give her breakfast.
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𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘦.
𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺.
𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘦. 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺.
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He was sure these dreams would continue unless he went back, as sure as the beams of the early morning sun through his truck camper window.
He was sure these dreams would continue unless he went back, as sure as the beams of the early morning sun through his truck camper window.
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Now, the reverse seemed to be happening.
Now, the reverse seemed to be happening.
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Usually, they would get so intense that after a couple of days he would be forced to leave town.
He was haunted by them until he left.
Then, no dreams.
Usually, they would get so intense that after a couple of days he would be forced to leave town. He was haunted by them until he left. Then, no dreams.
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In fact, he rarely dreamed.
When he was in Bounty, the dreams were part of why he felt something was there for him to discover.
In fact, he rarely dreamed. When he was in Bounty, the dreams were part of why he felt something was there for him to discover.
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They had never been this intense outside of Bounty before.
They had never been this intense outside of Bounty before. In fact, he rarely dreamed.
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No, he was done with Bounty.
But the dreams seemed to be saying something different.
No, he was done with Bounty.
But the dreams seemed to be saying something different.
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Did he want to go back again?
Did he want to go back again?
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Year after year, decades and decades, he kept coming back until the hope drained out of him and left his heart as dry as the ghost town dirt streets.
Year after year, decades and decades, he kept coming back until the hope drained out of him and left his heart as dry as the ghost town dirt streets.
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Despite decades of visiting the ghost town, he always came back with the hope of discovery.
Despite decades of visiting the ghost town, he always came back with the hope of discovery.
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It all had been enough money to keep him surviving and coming back for the big one.
It all had been enough money to keep him surviving and coming back for the big one.
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In almost every other place he had prospected he came up with more luck and more gold than Bounty.
In almost every other place he had prospected he came up with more luck and more gold than Bounty.
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Yet never the gold haul, unless you count the fool’s gold.
He could be the King of Fools with all that rock.
Yet never the gold haul, unless you count the fool’s gold. He could be the King of Fools with all that rock.
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A few years later, when he found one of his biggest silver veins in the state, his mining fever became a fever for Bounty.
A few years later, when he found one of his biggest silver veins in the state, his mining fever became a fever for Bounty.
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When he first arrived in Bounty he found flakes of gold still in the river.
When he first arrived in Bounty he found flakes of gold still in the river.
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But the story intrigued The Prospector in a way that wouldn’t let go, alighting his gold fever like a wildfire through old wooden buildings.
But the story intrigued The Prospector in a way that wouldn’t let go, alighting his gold fever like a wildfire through old wooden buildings.
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The story seemed from the nickel weeklies rather than the truth.
The story seemed from the nickel weeklies rather than the truth.
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During the westward expansion, it had been a bounty hunter that first found gold, and started the initial gold rush.
During the westward expansion, it had been a bounty hunter that first found gold, and started the initial gold rush.
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Another prospector had told him of the 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘏𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳.
Another prospector had told him of the 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘏𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳.
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The Prospector thought about what brought him to Bounty in the first place.
He had been on a discovery trip in Colorado.
The Prospector thought about what brought him to Bounty in the first place. He had been on a discovery trip in Colorado.
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If he went back, would Bounty leave him alone?
Or would it be the same dusty ghost town continuing to haunt him with more dreams?
If he went back, would Bounty leave him alone? Or would it be the same dusty ghost town continuing to haunt him with more dreams?
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And if The Prospector was honest with himself, the few dreams he’d already had were deeply unsettling.
He wondered what Bounty wanted from him.
And if The Prospector was honest with himself, the few dreams he’d already had were deeply unsettling. He wondered what Bounty wanted from him.
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He didn’t belong in Bounty, and the dreams didn’t belong here in Baja.
None of this was normal.
He didn’t belong in Bounty, and the dreams didn’t belong here in Baja. None of this was normal.
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