in loss penos, about 100 miles away from mesilla. jennie and eno said that her stepbrother, thomas bull, exaggerated the opportunities that were there in new mexico for enos, her husband, a lawyer. bull said that he never advised him to come or anything else. he had only said that enos since he was a lawyer could do quite well. jennie was writing to her sister, libby, in ohio. she said, if i never see thomas again -- or if i ever see him, he will hear more from me than he cares to hear. meanwhile, enos also learned that through a trip to a nearby military fort, fort bayard that they were hiring men and he could maybe make $30 a month and get everything to live on plus some other things, that enos wanted to talk it over with jennie. he came home and he talked with her about it and jennie told him that she -- of course, she would have him do it, but then she realized, of course, i'm going to have to work a little more but i don't care. i want to get home some day, and by doing this i think enos and i can lay up his full salary and a li

and then arrived in mesilla in july of 1869 and for the first six weeks enos.was hired by his brother-in-law thomas to help with the story that he had there and with unloading merchandise eno's painted bull's house and he even touched up some business signs for him. but before long enos and jenny realized they were on their own to find work and to make a living. enos managed to secure an appointment as inspector and collector of customs for the el paso district and he was signed assigned to an area outside of messiah in los pinos about 100 miles away from messiah jenny and enos said that her step-brother thomas bull exaggerated the opportunities that were there in new mexico for enos her husband a lawyer and bull said that he never advised him to come or anything else and as he and that he had only said that he knows since he was a lawyer could do quite well. and jenny was writing to her sister libby in ohio, and she said if i never see thomas again. or if i ever see him, he will hear more from me that he cares to hear. meanwhile enos also learned that through