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n a guess that he
might wish to be a father to the little children
by adoption.
Mr. Childress had lately disposed of his
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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.