"Well Miss Jules, I'd be much obliged if you did, I been on the wrong side of too many fights over the years, going all the way back to the war, for ole Jeb's name to get broadcasted to the masses. I'll be taking my leave, I need a bath and some clean clothes. I been on the trail for a long spell. You take care Pretty Lady." Jeb walked across the street and untied his horse and pack mule from the hitching post in front of the Bell, and led them down the street, looking for a rooming house and a Chinese laundry.<br/><br/>It did not take long for Jeb to spy the two storey slat sided boarding house, he hoped the 'vacancy' sign hanging from the marquee was accurate. Tying up the animals at the water trough, he walked inside. The sitting room of the rooming house was empty aside from an older man sitting behind the counter picking at his fingernails with the nib of a dip pen. He started at the sound of Jeb's voice, almost falling off the stool he was sitting on. "I'm lookin' fer a room and a bath, can ya help me out?" Jeb soon learned the there was a room available [several actually] but that the bath was currently occupied by a young lady and he would have to wait. Jeb settled instead on having a basin of hot water and towels brought to his room. The proprietor also agreed to send the laundry service around to pick up his dirty clothes, and to get the animals boarded at the stable. "Make sure they both get brushed and their shoes checked, and a double measure of oats for the both of them." Jeb paid for a week in advance, as well as laundry and stabling fees. He then retired to his room at the back of the upper floor to wash and rest.<br/><br/>"Damnit, I was countin' on soaking in the tub," Jeb muttered to himself while scrubbing away the worst of the sweat and grime from his face and body. His nude body showed a multitude of scars, most white with age, but not all, some were more recent. Once he was satisfied he was cleaned enough, he laid out on top of the bedspread, not bothering to dry off. The air coming through the open windows evaporated the water from his skin, cooling him off from the day's heat. Jeb was soon fast asleep.