A small smile touched his lips as she accepted. Of course his invitation included the children. He was not an uncouth sort. Once the rooms were aquired and she had the keys, they proceeded to the Hotel's Dining area and he selected a table for them to sit at. Of course he pulled out the chair for her and made sure she was seated properly. The children took their own seats and looked around. It was quite different out in the west as they had seen the whole trip. As he took his seat and removed his had he looked at Olivia. "So you will be the school teacher here in this town. Probably could use one. Seen to many children on my way into town running around with nothing to do but get into mischief."<br/><br/>An elderly lady approached with an apron on. She handed them a menu with what the Hotel had for meals. Of course stake was one of them and that was what he wanted, with all the fixens. He made his order and waited for Olivia to make hers and the children's. As they waited the woman looked at Jed. "You be the Ranger that came into town earlier. We all heard how you out drew and killed that murdering scum Red. Good to see that some one did something. Our no good sheriff was to scared to do anything." Once she had all the orders she proceeded back to the kitchen with them . The two little girls looked at Jed with wide eyes.<br/><br/>"You were in a gunfight, like in the dime novels back east?" Daisy asked. "I read some of those books. My daddy bought them and read them and I snuck them to my room to read them.<br/><br/>Jed looked at her raising a brow. "Those that write about such things over glorify them." he told her. "Nothing glorious about taking another mans life, even those that probably deserve it." he told the girl.<br/><br/>"How many men have you had to kill, Mr Walker?" Anna asked. It seemed they both had been reading the dime novels it excited them to know someone that was like those in the books.<br/><br/>"That is something between me and the Lord, young lady. I will have to atone for a lot though." he told her. He was not a real religious man, but he did beleive one day he would have to atone for all the lives he had taken in the line of duty and of course the war. He sighed and looked up as the lady returned with coffee and poured it for him and Olivia and lemonade for the girls. "Won't be long before your meals are ready." she told them.<br/><br/>As they sat there the man he had thought was the mayor came in and looked around and when he spotted Jed he come over to the table. "Ranger, the town council and I were wondering if you could stick around awhile. We been having trouble with bandits raiding farms and ranches about here. Be willing to pay for your time. Perhaps you would consider opening a station for the Rangers here. They be most welcome around here. You saw what the sheriff was like. We need someone like you around. Room and board is included here at the Hotel." The mayor was making the best case he could to keep him in town and help out. The idea of opening a Ranger Station was appealing though. He could wire back to his headquarters and see what they would say.<br/><br/>"Well mayor, tell you what. I will wire my headquarters and see what they say. If they agree that I can start a Station here, I'll stick around, at least till they send others up here." That seemed to please the mayor and told the lady the meal was on the town. "Well guess I'll be sticking around for a while, Miss Webster."