property on the Gila to Messrs…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

n a guess that he might wish to be a father to the little children by adoption. Mr. Childress had lately disposed of his ( 98 ) property on the Gila to Messrs. Johnson & Co- nant, and was leaving New Mexico for good, to seek a home in Arizona, or possibly, in Old Mexico. Being questioned why Mrs. Smart did not take the train here instead of going to Lords- burg, Mr. Childress said that Mrs. Smart saw her father in the city, and fearing trouble and delay, concluding to go to Lordsburg and take the train for California. She did not wish to meet with her husband, as she had left him for good. The couple had trouble in Texas some years ago, and Mrs. Smart left her husband, but was induced to return to him. Mr. Childress has always been known as a man of the strictest integrity, and we are loth to believe the evil reports which have been circulated concerning him. He was formerly a cattle king in Texas, and although fortune has not favored him lately, he still has a compe- tency to solace him in his declining years.