Jed only smiled. "Well Mable as we have seen runs a very good kitchen, that makes delicious food. She I am sure will be a very good teacher." he told her. "I have had to learn to cook myself, over the last few years. Nothing as good as Mable's fare but I can cook up some things. Breakfast is my strongest. Eggs, bacon, maybe some ham is simple to make and is good. But mostly it is trail cooking because being out there there is no place to stop and find a good meal. We will continue to eat together at the hotel till such time that you feel you are comfortable with your cooking skills. He left them at their doorstep and bit them good night. The rest of the week was a busy one. The two had their trial and were of course found guilty and he sent them off on the train under the guard of the one of the trains staff that guarded the mail and at times payroll shipments. A dangerous job, as there were a lot of train and bank robbers out there. The two were in shackles and in a barred off section of the enclosed rail car. They would be transferred to other trains headed in the right direction and taken care of throughout their trip. That freed up Billy so he could have some time to himself as well.<br/><br/>Till they were to go out riding on Saturday, Jed came over every afternoon after she was done teaching to continue her lessons with the rifle and also see how she was with a pistol. Here there was a great differance from knowing how to shoot by just aiming steadily at a target and drawing and firing from the hip. A dilberate aim was slow and you would be dead if you had to shoot fast. In his profession and that of any lawman out west, one had to be able to draw, cock the pistol and pull the trigger as fast as one could and hit the target. That took practice. One had to first be able to get the gun out of the holster fast, and be able to point it at the target. That was basic math in a sense. Holding the gun at waist level and pointing it it dead ahead would mean that you were shooting to the left of one facing you. Perhaps good to hit the person's gun hand if they were left handed. One had to move the gun a bit to their left and bring the barrel up just a hair to hit the person in the chest. To hit the person's right gun hand, took a bit more skill, as you had to move the barrel of the pistol to ones left and make adjustments for the height of the opponent.<br/><br/>Jeb showed her how that was all done with a show of drawing and firing. His draw was a blur of motion and he would hit any target that he had put up. Of course one could not do that on a first lesson, and one could not tie down a holster to a woman in a dress, so she would just have to lift the gun up and fire. He stood behind her and began slowly, by lifting her arm to the proper height, having her cock the pistol and fire where the target would be dead center of a mans chest. The fancy stuff would not be needed unless you were out to disarm someone. Being that close to her made him feel good. He liked her close to him, feeling her body against his. All the time they practiced, Anna and Daisy would be there cheering their Aunt on and giggling. But finally Saturday was there and he stopped by the Hotel to get some things from Mable. She had made a lunch for the two of them. She was so happy that Jed had finally asked Olivia if he could court her. It was the gentlemans way of doing things. The town's people were all happy about the two finally making things official. The two newest members of the town had all the earmarks of a romance in a novel. The parents of the children would bring in their children and talk to Olivia, mostly about their children and what they could do to help keep their education on track. Jed was always greeted with a respectable greeting and a tip of the hat from men or a nod of the head from the women. Even the ladies of the night were respectful now, seeing that Olivia had gotten him and they had lost out. The two that had made the commotion in the hotel seen not only a handsome customer become unavailable, but also felt that they had missed an opportunity for something more lasting and maybe permanent.<br/><br/>Rutherford still hung around. At times he could be seen observing the two as they walked through town. The two girls holding Jed's hands or one holding Olivia's and one his, so the two could walk side by side. That morning after getting the picknic lunch for the two of them, Jed went to the stable and got his horse and rented another for Olivia and walked them down to the house and tied them to a hitching post. Mrs. Carpenter was just leaving with Anna and Daisy and her own daughter Sassy. They greeted Jed and he walked up onto the porch of the house to greet Olivia. "Morning." he said with a smile. "You ready to have your first lesson in horseback riding?"