After the delicious meal, one that he had longed for on the trail. Eating beans and dried meats and his own coffee was something he had enough of for a while. A good meal like was served made him feel good and it did put him in a good mood. With another outlaw taken care of a good meal and now a chance to sleep in a comfortable bed was mighty comforting to the mind. Pulling the chair back for her as she finished and was about to get up, he looked at the two girls getting heavy eyes after their meals. Once she took her charges and went up to their room, he was about to pay and the woman told him that the mayor was paying for it, well the town since he was now being paid by the mayor and town council to cover for the defunked sheriff, so was his room at the hotel she told him. When he went to the desk with the clerk behind it he was given a key. He wasn't tired just yet and he had to take care of his horse before he even thought of turning in. Pocketing the key he left the hotel and retrieved his horse from the saloon and walked him to the stables. Paying the owner for the care of Midnight and removing his saddle bags and bed roll he went back to the Hotel and up to his room to drop things off.<br/><br/>Once satisfied his things were secured in his room he went out to take a look around and of course that took him over to the Jail House. It wasn't far from the hotel, which was good. He need to see just what it had since he was planning on using it as his office for his time in the town. He figured the Mayor wouldn't mind. He opened the door and stepped inside. Sitting at a desk was a young man, a few years younger then Jed. He had a deputy's badge on and as Jed walked in, looked a bit nervous, but he stood up. "You must be the Texas Ranger." the man said. "I am Billy Watson, deputy. Unless you figure I shouldn't be."<br/><br/>Jed looked at the young man "Now I have no reason to think so. Not at the moment. You any good with that." he nodded to the gun at his hip.<br/><br/>"Yes sir. I am a good shot with the pistol and a rifle. But I am not that fast on the draw, though I have been practicing." Jed nodded, at least he seemed better then the former sheriff, but by no means ready to go up against anyone like Red.<br/><br/>"Well then you keep doing what you have been. I might need you as back up. Think you can do that?"<br/><br/>"Yes sir. What ever you need sir." Billy said.<br/><br/>"Knock Off the Sir bit. Name is Jed Walker. Call me Jed, " Jed told Billy. "Now lets have a look around this place." Jed went over to the gun rack that had five winchester, lever action rifles in it. He took one out and examined it, cocking it to make sure it was loaded. It was as they all were and they were in good shape. Then he opened a door made of metal bars to the cells beyond. There were six cells, each with a bunk. In the middle was a long table with some chairs and a large potbelly stove. He had noticed a bunk and another stove in the other room. There was plenty of fire wood and in the back there was a store room as well filled with supplies. He nodded and came back out to the office area. "I'll be using the Jail as my office till I get word if I can open a Ranger Station here." If Billy was good with his gun as he said, and proved worth while, Jed might train him to be a Ranger. They were always looking for good men. "I'll be back and we can talk some more." He left and walked down the street to the Train Station and Telegraph office. He sent a message back to Huston to see what they would say about a station in McBay. It was further south then Huston and to the west. More near the boarder with Mexico and more trouble with bandits that liked to raid across the boarder. Well that didn't bother Jeb. Texas Rangers were not prevented from going south to pursue outlaws, no mater their nationallity. He returned and talked to Billy some and took him out back to see how good he was with a gun. Billy had told the truth, he was good, not as good as Jed, but he could be some day. He got from Billy that normally he would walk the town at certain times during the day to make sure the drunks were not bothering people and the cow hands were not getting to rowdy. He slept there at the Jail since he had no other place to go and that didn't bother Jeb. "Well I'll be helping out with that and I'll be staying at the Hotel if you need me at night. You come get me if there is trouble you think you can't handle alone, hear."<br/><br/>He left and went back to the Hotel and plopped down on the soft bed. Oh how good it felt to lay on a real bed again. He thought of a bath, but he had bathed in a cold stream of water only a couple days before. He would take another in a day or two. He was asleep before one knew it and evidently there was no trouble that night since he had not been awoken. In the morning he was up early and out on a patrol of the town, taken note of where every thing was. He saw Miss Webster and her charges walk down to the School House and he grinned. A nice and fine looking woman she was. Though he didn't know if she was cut out for the life in the West. It was rugged and untamed still and it seemed to attract a lot of the wrong sort. Perhaps because there was such a lack of real law enforcement as the big cities back east had. Plenty of space and places to hide from the law if necessary. On his way back up the street towards the Jail House, he spotted her again going into the General Store, followed by two men. He shook his head as he knew they were up to no good. He made his way in that direction when he saw her hit one with a rolling pin and then proceed to beat the other with it. It made him chuckle. She had fight in her that was for sure. Perhaps she would make it in the untamed country. He walked up and looked down at the one man on the ground holding his head and moaning in pain. He looked at Olivia and nodded. "Miss Webster, I see you have things handled here." he smiled.<br/><br/>Rufus was not done yet though. He was mad and didn't like being beat upon, especially by a woman. He snarled and began to come at her. "I wouldn't if I was you." Jed told the man. But it only angered him more being told what to do. He went for his gun and Jed sighed. Rufus got his gun out of the holster before Jed drew his and fired, hitting the gun and hand it was in, causing Rufus to drop it and grab his hand with his other one. Then he moved forward and held the gun to the man's face and forced him to the wall where he produced a pair of handcuffs and in a moment had Rufus handcuffed. "Your under arrest for attempted assault on a Texas Ranger with a deadly weapon, and assault on Miss Webster here." he picked up the gun from the floor and stuck it in his gun belt and then nodded to Olivia again. "Sorry about all this." he said as he pushed Rufus out into the street and down to the Jail House.