Jed noticed the woman with two young girls almost holding on to the woman's dress. When she stopped him and asked which way it might be to find the McBay Lodging House, he stopped and raised his head some and brought a hand up to the brim of his hand and tugged on it a bit. "Mam." he said and looked down at the girls, then back to her. He chewed on one end of the cigerallo and then looked down the street at the Hotel. "I am not from here, but I am heading to the Hotel. I think that is what they called the place you are looking for." he told her.<br/><br/>"Auntie Olivia, is he a lawman. He has a badge. Is he the town's sheriff?"<br/><br/>Jed raised a brow and shook his head. "No I am not the Sheriff here. I am a Texas Ranger, which is a lawman." He looked at the woman. "Name is Jed Walker, and you might as well come with me to the Hotel. Looks like your not from around here either. Dangerous country here for a woman and two small children. Where is your husband, if you don't mind me asking." The territories were not a place for someone that was not use to hardships. It was an unforgiving country that if you didn't watch yourself could kill you. The towns were not much better. They were wild and full of fools that thought they could solve everything with a gun. Most wound up dead thinking that way. But some, those with land and money that could afford the right people made the land theirs. They were the Cattle Barons, ranchers with lots of land, cattle and horses and had the influence to dictate at times how things should be. Of course that is where the Law was suppose to come in but you had to be a man with grit to go up against them and win. "What brings you out to this part of the country. From the way you are dressed, I would say your from the east."<br/><br/>They walked slowly across the street and down the wooden sidewalks in front of the shops and some homes that were in town. At the hotel the lobby was nicely furnished and decorated. A man stood behind the counter where the ledger lay. Behind him were several small cubbyholes where messages could be put for the rooms that the numbers on them represented. The man smiled at them. "Morning. Are you looking for rooms?" he asked.<br/><br/>"The lady and children are. I am here to have a meal at your dinning room." Jed said. Looking over at the woman. "Would you care to join me?"