#thelegendofthebountyhunter — Public Fediverse posts

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Theme Song: Streets of Laredo by Willie Nelson

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It had occurred to him that if a route could be mapped through the maze of rock, it would be the perfect hiding place for an outlaw.

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For most of the time he had been searching for The Giant, Frank had been searching the mountain farthest from the oasis, as the stories told that was where the outlaws attacked. Frank had since searched the other mountain, but neither of their higher regions, which were too rocky to be safely traversed.

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He ventured out to the flat desert valley between the two mountain ridges and built a long-term camp at the foot of the one closest to the oasis. That’s when he began his search higher up into the mountains.

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