Pete told them to form a circle around him. All the squad was facing in at Pete, ready to shoot, when they realized that everyone who missed would likely end up shooting another squad member. So no one dared to fire, knowing the risk. Thus at sundown he was released.
The servant said, "I wish for my mother to see her grandson swinging on a swing of gold."
The son had showed his father a match. Whenever he lit the match, it filled the entire room with light, yet it was still small enough to fit into his pocket.
Mark Crimson: "?" = question MARK, so the note on the door reads "Question Mark Crimson. He broke your window."
A surname.
He looked the strong man right in the eye and said, "get in."
One glass eye.
Each man took half the socks and pulled them apart. They would then give the other man 1 sock. They kept doing this until they had all their socks.
The man had the hiccups and wanted a glass of water to help get rid of them. The bartender could hear the hiccups when the man spoke, so he brought the gun out to scare the hiccups away. It worked and the man thanked him and left, no longer needing the glass of water.
The man shot his rooster, which had awakened him with its crowing every morning for the past ten years. Since he had recently retired, there was no longer any reason to be wakened at such an early hour.