The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1914-02-20

spector is my friend: had his per
mission 10 smpersonate him"
Pretty good" commented Rosaiie.
An you found nothing about--what
I'm afters"
| NO. That was the suspicious
thing mean. the absence OF any
sign OF Identification looked curious
to me But found one thing which
didn't amount TO much. except that II
WAS an opening He has camera,
don't know why examined that.
unless II was a bunch. II was foreign.
made--AmericAn boxes are manufac.
tured by trust. and they all look
alike. Down by the range-scale
found a nickel plate such as agents
always put on cameras. II read; j,
LichensteIn, Cameras and Camera
Supplies. Port OF Spain. Trinidad"
Where's thatf"
Trinidad Ia an Island OF the coast
OF South America--near Venezuela.
Port OF Spain Ia the main town. It's
u British possession. but there are
many French and Spanish residents.
had taken the precAutton. when
started out. to have the police photog
rapher get a snapshot OF this Es-
trilla took the picture to-~well,
never mind who he Is He's lived all
over South America. He's almost sure
that Estrllla Is spanlard from Port
OF Spain named Juan Perez. The Pc.
req family we're cacao growers In Trim
idad The head Of the family vas
named Miguel PereE-~I suppose.
though, you aren't Interested In the
| family"
That's just what want TO know.
Miguel Perez was this mans IA.
ther~lf the stool-pigeon Ia right In
his Identification, The stool-pigeon
WAS down there about three or four
years ago. Al that time, Miguel Perez
had just died, and this Juan had In.
herited the business II seemed that
he wasn't getting on well with It. Al
least, that was tho gossip. That's all
oh. yes, the stoolpigeon remembered
one other thing about Miguel Perez.
He'd had an early romance with an
English giri--nayy people. Miguel
Perez married her. and she didn't live
very long. After that, he married
agatha Spanish girl from Caracas g
| and Juan Perez was the son OF that
marriage That was about all be
could remember"
"StIll, the camera marked Port OF
| Spain seems to tx II. 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
girle"
He didn't say, at least"
Rosalia CONCEALED to pose with the
advent OF an idea.
Tell me-" she asked. when IA.
Their and mother are OF different ma
tionalities--talk different languages
what language does the baby learn
first--the fathers or the mothersf"
oh, the Mothers always"
80 II there was child from his
first marriage--to the English girl
he'd talk better English than Juan
! refezr''
He'd pronounce II better, anyway.
And a mother always talks 10 her
baby In her own language"
| oh " course"
"Au If foreigner YOU. for in,
sta0ce--E sits real excited an talks
quick. What language does b. use?"
oh his own FIRST tongue
R7saIlo unused aloud, and In that
musjng She cleared up for us one Of
| her mysteries of method
IT does look to me, she said as
IL I'd wasted Il lot OF time brashin' up
I my Spanish with tho Martinez rhopo,
/ graph Method stu, It's bound 10 hcIp
here and there Listen sha nd
dressed Grimalil. Il did a turn once
never mind %hat--on the Mexican
border~El raso, san Antonio, an
| places like that Circumstance was
such that had 10 learn as much
Spanish as could--my business
called for H. I've been studyin' /,
again lately, You understand Span.
ish, don't you'"
A. we'll ~ DO English"
Then" said Rosaie tn Spanish,
how does this sound IL II good con.
versational Spanish Tell me wha,
you think
Well" said Gr.maldi. III runs all
right but any one would know you
weren't Spanish born, sim. tia pret.
~ good. and suppose you could fool
a spantard for few words, What
are yon trying to do~-wleh spanish" -
oh, nothing" replied Resale care.
lessly Well. must 50 90. Keep
him sha60w"d an when Won sit any.
thins ntw you KNOW whore 10 find me.
Good by"
Az hame IN her car rcor, again,
Resale touSeret lorg, nervous I'm,
ger picking at a ruustus pondered
| until she stood frozen With d new idea
! Those rings - Miss Estrtlla s-she
had long wanted look at them. Els.
/ pectaily THAT htg diamond with q curt.
ous onyx and gold setting Witch she
wore on her left hard Resale had
| noted Miss Estr!,ia's care OF thAt