I know your style, and you are mighty apt to get into trouble out here if you use any Bowery tactics." "Bowery tactics!" "Yes; you claim to live in New York, and you possess all the earmarks of the East-Side bad man.

There is nothing keeping you now from roughing it with me but the sight of this gun in my belt, and a suspicion in your mind that I may know how to use it.

That suspicion is correct.

Moreover, you will discover this same ability more or less prevalent throughout this section.

However, I am not looking for trouble; I am trying to avoid it.