Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-02-20

Not the way l did It. The real in
spector is my friend; l had his per
mission to im~personate him."
Pretty good!" commented Rosalie.
"An' you found nothing about-what
I'm after?"
mo. That was the suspicious
thing-I mean, the absence Of any
sign Of Identification looked curious
to me. But l found n thing which
didn't amount to much, except that 1t
was an opening. He has a camera.
l don't know why l examined that.
unless 1t was a bunch. 1t was foreign
made-American boxes are manufac-
tured by a trust, and they all look
alike. Down by the range-scale
found a nickel plate such as agents
always put on cameras. 1t read: j.
Lichenstein, Cameras and Camera
Supplies, Port of Spain. Trinidad"
where's that?"
Trinidad Is an island 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 ard Spanish residents.
I had taken the p~recaution, when !
started out, to have the police photog-
rapher get a snapshot Of this Els
trilla. l took the picture lowell,
never mind who he is.N He's lived all
over South America. He's almost sure
that Estrilla is a Spaniard from Port
Of Spain named Juan Perez. The Pc
reg family we're cacao growers in Trim
idad. The head Of the family was
named Miguel Perez-I suppose,
though. you aren't interested in the
family"
That's Just what I want to know
Miguel Perez was this mans fa'
ther--if the stool-pigeon Is right In
his Identification. The stool-pigeon
was down there about three or four
years ago. At that time, Miguel Perez
had just died, and this Juan had in
herited the business. 1t seemed that
he wasn't getting on we'll with it. Al
least, that was the gossip. That's all
oh, yes, the stool-pigeon remembered
one other thing about Miguel Perez
He'd had an early romance with an
English %girl-navy people. Miguel
Perez married her, and she didn't live
very long. After that, he married
again-a Spanish girl from Caracas
and Juan Perez was the son of that
marriage. That was about all he
could remember"
still, the camera marked Port oil
Spain seems to fix 1t, somehow"
ut seems to-. But, Of course, you
can't be certain. He may be a rela
tive and have a 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 a pose with the
advent of an idea.
Tell me-" she asked. when a ia,
Their and a mother are Of different ma.
tionalities-talk different languages
what language does the baby learn
trst-the fathers or the m~other's?"
"Oh, the mother's-always."
80 II there was a child from bis
first marriage-to the English girl
he'd talk better English than Juan
Perez"
He'd pronounce 1t better, anyway
"And a mother always talks to her
baby in her own language"
"Oh, Of course"
AN if a foreigner-you, for in.
stance-gits real excited an talks
quick, what language does he use?"
"Oh, his own first tongue!"
Resale unused aloud; and In that
musing she cleared up for US one oil
her mysteries Of method.
1T does look to me-" she said, "as
If I'd wasted a lot Of time brushin' VI
my Spanish with the Martinez Phono.
graph Method. Still, it's bound to heir
here and there. Listen" she ad.
dressed Grimaldi, II did a turn once
never mind what-on the Mexican
border-El Paso, San Antonio, an
places like that. Circumstance was
such that l had to learn as much
Spanish as l could-my business
called for 1t. I've been studyin' II
again lately. You understand Span.
tsh, don't your"
"As well as / do English"
Then" said Rosalie In Spanish,
how does this sound? Is it good con.
%versational Spanish? Tell me what
you think"
WELL" said Grimaldi, 1T runs all
right, but any one would know you
weren't Spanish born. Still, It's pref.
ty good, and I suppose you could fool
a Spaniard for a few words. What
are you trying to do-with Spanish? p
"Oh, nothing" replied Rosalie care.
lessly. well, l must 20 on. Keep
him Swallowed. an when you git any.
thing new, you know where to and me.
Good-by."
.
At home in her own room again,
Resale pondered long, a nervous I'm.
ger picking at a musing lip-pondered
until she stood frozen with a new idea.
Those rings of Miss Estrilla's-she
had long wanted a look at them. Els.
pecially that big diamond with a curl.
GUS onyx and gold setting which she
wore on her left hand. Resale had