Jed was tired, hungry, dirty and probably smelly from the sweat and the dirt of the ride there and back.  The towns people lined the walkways of the shops and places of the town street.  They were all talking about Jed, and Billy being the best law they had ever seen in the town and any where else they had been.  Billy and Mary Ann both looked tired and haggard.  They had to take turns watching the captives and letting them take care of nature and all.  It was a hard ride back.  All Jed wanted to do was lock them up, and soak in a tub of hot water for a couple hours if he could.  They got them to the jail and every cell was now packed with the bandits.  Oh the look on Ruthford's face when some was put into his cell.  The smell was horrid and he began to complain about it.  Jed chuckled.  "You will have to put up with it for awhile old boy.  Till we figure out how to get them cleaned up."<br/><br/>When Oliva and the girls arrived, the girls made faces at the smell as well and Anna made the comment as well about washing them, and how stinky the jail would be.  He laughed and shook his head.  "They will get cleaned up some how.  Just got to figure out how, and make sure they don't escape."  He told her.  He then turned to Olivia after she had invited him and Billy and Mary Ann over to the house for dinner.  "Well as soon as we can all get cleaned up.  I am afraid I stink as bad as the Bandits do at the moment."  he chuckled and looked at her with approval when the girls told him that her cooking had improved.<br/><br/>Once the prisoners were secured and the Man Billy had brought in to watch the other two was told what was required, Jed took off to the hotel to get his bath and a change of clothing.  He dragged himself up the stairs to his room and grabbed his clean clothes and then back downstairs to where the hotel had the tubs for bathing.  They already had the hot water going when they seen him come into town.	He was not the only one there.  Mary Ann was in the one for the ladies and Billy was there as well.  He laughed and stripped out of his filthy clothes and sunk into the hot water and sighed.  The hotel had nice smelling soaps and soon he was smelling and feeling a whole lot better.  He washed his hair that was stiff from the dust and sweat.  By the time he was done he felt like a new man.  He found Billy and Mary Ann in the Lobby.  Mary Ann was dressed in a dress of all things.  No men's clothing available for her to wear it seemed.  She sure looked quite different in a dress and Billy seemed to notice it quite a bit.<br/><br/>The three of them headed towards Olivia's, Mary Ann's arm intertwined with Billy's  Jed chuckled and shook his head.  Well it would seem that the towns people would have something to gossip about.  Wealthy Rancher's daughter and a Texas Ranger.  Jed had to chuckle at the thought.  Probably just as good as the School Teacher and a Texas Ranger.  The three arrived at the house and was greeted by the two girls.  Both eager to welcome everyone.