Lucas could remember when the site Prosper now occupied had been nothing but bare ground and the only white men for miles had been on the Double C. Prosper, on the other hand, had started out as a single building serving triple duty as general store, bar, and livery for the few settlers around. A boomtown might be more exciting than a town like Prosper, and people could make a lot of money in such places, but mining towns tended to die as soon as the ore played out. A man could tell a lot about a place just by looking at the people on the streets, and by that standard Prosper was quiet, steady, and - well - prosperous. It would never be anything more than a small town, but it was neat and bustling. Lucas Cochran had been back in town for almost a month, but it still amazed him how much the little town of Prosper had lived up to its name.
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