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No Country for the Tide
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Halloran played it calm and asked the captain for a second man to help carry whatever he found. The captain agreed too quickly and sent a young deckhand named Pike. As they rowed out, Pike whispered, "He's not coming back for you. He never does." Halloran kept rowing, now watching two horizons at once.
On the flats, Pike proved right. The moment Halloran lifted the box, the deckhand bolted for the dinghy and rowed off, leaving him stranded. But Pike had left his own satchel behind, and inside was a flare gun. Halloran fired it at the trawler, daring the captain to come collect what he was owed.
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