Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-11
CHAPTER xI.
The Perez Family.

The Perez Family.
In a remote corner Of Central Park.
Rosalie was holding q conference with
Grimaldi, her specially-assigned detect.
i've in the Hanska case. II think
said Grimaldi, that the real name IL
Perez"
"How did you get THAR"
1T took little time. First frisked
his room. I went in as gas inspec.
tor"
(Which was takin' risks" admon.
ished Rosalie.
mot the way did it. The real in
spector is my friend; had his per-
mission to impersonate him"
Pretty good!" commented Resale.
can you found nothing about-what
I'm after?"
"No. That was the suspicious
thing-I mean, the absence Of any
sign of Identification looked curious
to me. But found one thing which
didn't amount to much, except that it
was an opening. He has camera.
I don't know why examined that.
unless 1t was bunch. 1t was foreign
made-American boxes are manufac-
tured by a trust. and they all look
alike. Down by the range-scale
found . nickel plate such as agents
always put on cameras. It read: j.
Lichenstein, Cameras and Camera
Supplies, Port of Spain, Trinidad"
Where's that?"
Trinidad is an leland OF the coast
Of South America-near Venezuela.
Port Of Spain is the main town. It's
a British possession, but there are
many French and Spanish residents.
I had taken the precaution. when
started out. to have the police photog-
rapher get a snapshot Of this Es-
trilla. took the picture lowell,
never mind who he is. He's lived all
over South America. He's almost sure
that Estrilla Is . spaniard from Port
Of Spain named Juan Perez The Pc
rez family were cacao growers in Trim
idad. The head Of the family was
named Miguel Perez-I. suppose,
though. you aren't interested in the
family" IN
That's Just what I want TO know"
Miguel Perex' was this mans IA
ther-if the stool.pigeon 10 right in
his Identification. The stool.pigeon
was down there about three or four
years ago. At that time. Miguel Peres
had just died, and this Juan had in
hezited tho business. 1t, seemed that
he wssn'trgettihg on wen with 1t. At
least, that was the gossip. That's all
oh. yes. the stoolpigeon remembered
one other thing about Miguel Perez.
He'd had an early romance with an
English girl-navy- people. Miguel
Pores married her, and she didn't live
very long. After that. he married
asain-a Spanish girl from Caracas
and Juan Perez was the son Of that
marriage. That was about all he
could remember"
Still. the camera Married Port Of
Spain seems to hx It, somehow"
1T seems to. But, Of course, you
can't be certain. He may be a rela-
tive and have family resemblance"
"Your friend didn't know whether
old Miguel Perez had any children by
his first marriage-to the English
girl!"
He didn't say, at least"
Resale CONCEALED to pose with the
advent Of an idea.
Tell me-" she asked. when a "a
Their and mother are Of different ma
tionalities-talk different languages
what language does the baby learn
frst-the fathers or the mother's?"
"Oh the mother'e-alWays."
80 II there was q child from his
first marriage-to the English girl
he'd talk better English than Juan
Perez?"
"He'd pronounce it better, anyway"
"And mother always talks to her
baby in her own language"
"Oh, Of course"
can il a foreigner-you, for in
stance-gits real excited an talks
quick. what language does he use?"
"Oh. his own first tongue!"
Rosalie unused aloud; and in that
musing she cleared up for US one Of
her mysteries of method.
1T does look to me-" she said, "as
II I'd wasted lot Of time brushin' up
my Spanish with the Martinez Phcno-
graph Method. Still, it's bound to help
here and there. Listen" she ad-
dressed Grimaldi, II did q turn once
never mind what-on the Mexican
Paso, San Antonio, an
places like that. Circumstance was
such that had to learn as much
Spanish as could-my business
called for it. I've been studyin' it
again lately. You understand Span
ish. don't you?"
"As well as l do English"
''Then," said Resale in Spanish.
''how does this sound? Is it good con-
Spanish? Tell me what
you think"
'Well." said Grimaldi. ut runs all
right, but any one would know you
weren't Spanish born. Still, it's pref.
ty good, and l suppose you could fool
q Spaniard for few words. What
are you trying to do-with Spanish"
"Oh. nothing" replied Rosalie care
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