BOSS TWEED — No one important, necessarily. Average men will do. Back alley amusers with no affiliations.

I'd just been hate-crimed...or attempted hate-crimed. I didn't know the specific definition. Did such a crime have to result in death or did the pain I felt from a beating count? Did I have to report the incident to the police?

Your sig should ideally be four or five lines long, six or seven at the maximum. Since it will be repeated on hundreds of messages, a long signature wastes bandwidth and is therefore rude.

Mister Duane, began Bosomer, in low, stinging tones, I happen to be Luke Stevens's side-pardner. . . . An' I want the hoss an' them guns, he shouted. You or anybody else can have them, for all I care. I just fetched them in. But the pack is mine, replied Duane. And say, I befriended your pard. If you can't use a civil tongue you'd better cinch it.