
You are Joe Bronson, restless and failing at school despite a sister who could help if you let her. After a street fight over stolen kites costs you your exams, you pack a note telling your family not to search and sign on as a hand aboard the Dazzler, where French Pete asks few questions and Frisco Kid quietly warns you to ask more. By your first night aboard, muffled oars and a watchman's gunfire answer the question for you.
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