Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-12
Bv WILL IRWIN

nationalities-talk different languages
What language does the baby learn
lfrst-the fathers or the mothers?'
ooh the mother s-always."
$50 if there was a child from his
lfrst maria ge-to the English girl
he'd talk better English than Juan
Perez?'
"He'd pronounce it better, anyway.
There's no reason why, with such a
start. child brought up in Port OF
ISpain. which is an English possess
sion, shouldn't speak as good English
ias"-here Grimaldi was about to say
"as you" but sense of truth re-
lstrained him" as anybody" he con-
cluded.
And mother always talks to her
baby in her own language
"Oh, of course"
AN if ,Rny foreigners-yeu, for in
stance-gits real excited an talks
quick, what Language does he use?"
"Oh, his own first tongue!' When
I'm really angry, 1 always begin to
swear in Piedmont dialect.
Rosalie unused aloud; and in that
musing she cleared up for us one or
her mysteries of method.
ut does look to me-" she said, "as
If I'd wasted lot of time brushin'
up my Spanish with the Martinez
Phonograph Method. Still, it's bound
to help here and there. Listen" she
| addressed Grimaldi, 81 did a. turn
once-never mind what-on the Next
can border-El Paso, San Antonio,
an places like that. Circumstance
was such that l had to learn as
much Spanish as I could-my bust
ness called for it. I've been studyin'
| 1t again lately. You understand
| Spanish. don't you?"
"As well as 1 do English
"Then," said Rosalie in Spanish,
how does this sound? Is it good
conversational Spanish? Tell me what
you think"
We'll" said Grimaldi, sit runs all
right, but any one would know you
weren't Spanish born. Still, it's
pretty good, and I suppose you could
fool a Spaniard for a few words.
! What are you trying to do-with
| SPANISH"
"Oh, nothing" replied Resale care
lessly. well, I must go on. Keep
him Swallowed, an when you git any
thing new, you know where to find
me- Good-by."
| At home in her own room again,
! Rosalie pondered along, a nervous
/ finger picking at a musing lip-pon-
dered until she stood frozen with
new idea. Those rings of Miss Es-
| trilla's-she had long wanted a look
at them. Especially that big dia-
mond with a curious onyx and gold
| setting which she wore on her left ,
hand. The forgotten visiting-cards in
wraps laid aside at the door; the ini-
tials on bag; the posy in ring
| by slight clues like these she had
found the way to old roads of the
mind in all her years of professional
endeavor. Resale had noted Miss
Estrilla's care of that ring; noted
how she washed her hands without
| removing it. Chance, therefore.
would never give the opportunity
She herself must make it. She medi-
tated. Again her finger stopped its
drumming on her lip, and she con-
gealed to pose.
Molly" she was saying to the
maid half an hour later, II guess I'll
take up Miss Estrilla's dinner to-
night AS though by an after
thought she picked up late edition
of an evening newspaper and laid it
on the edge of the tray.
I've brought your dinner myself"
| she said to Miss Estrilla She put
| down hte tray. adjusted the napkin,
bolstered the invalid with the pillows
and took cup of bouillon.
There, now, I'll help-oh, dearie.
I'm SO sorry!" For Rosalie had
stumbled slightly in approaching the
| couch, and the bouillon had splashed
over the napkin, the spread and Miss
Estrilla's hands. Rosalie dubbed
apologies as she hurried about the
room, getting cloths, towels, warm
water Miss Estrilla was very gra-
cious, but Rosalie continued to apol-
ogize as she began to scrub her
| hands.
Didn't burn you, did it?" asked
Rosalie
mo, but it's very sticky" replied
Miss Estrilla
I can't get under those rings-let
| me-there. my dear" Rosalie deity
removed the rings, laid them without
a glance on the edge of the tray and
continued to chatter as she scrubbed.
| I brought you, up the evening pa
per-" she said. you can't read it.
| but I thought you'd like to see the
pictures of that new Spanish tenor
| they're making all the fuss over-you
asked me about him the other day.
Remember" She had finished WHIP
ing Miss Estrillas hands, and now
she gave her the newspaper the pho
tograph of the tenor folded to the
front. Miss Estrilla took the bait.
She moved the paper close to her
eyes In that second the deft Resale
had made three motions and used her
quick perceptions. There was a line
inside the big ring:
Miguel + Victoria, 1873"
Now we're ready for dinner" said
Rosalie. Shall send down for more
soup? Mop Miss Estrilla seemed in
that moment to miss her rings. She
perceived them on the edge of the
tray and slipped them on.
ITO BE Continued hToudavN