The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-03-16

| waves 49, AAAo SUA1s o0moh
ished Rosalie.
Not the way did It. TAs real in
spector IL my friend: I haA his per.
mission to impersonats hin"
Pretty good!" connsatsA Resale
AN you found nothing about-xhat
I'm after!"
mo. 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 q camera
don't know why I examined that.
! unless 1t was . hunch. It was foreign.
made-American boxes arc manufac-
tured by trust. and they all look
alike. Down by the range-scale
found 4 nickel plate such a. agents
always put on cameras. It read: y.
Lichenstein, Cameras and Camera
Supplies. Port Of Spain. Trinidad"
Where's that"
Trinidad il an island on the coast
Of South America-near Venezuela.
Port Of Spain 10 the main town. It's
British possession. but there are
many French and Spanish residents.
I had taken the precaution. when I
started out. to have the police photog.
rapher get . snapshot Of this Es-
trilla. took the picture to-well.
never mind who he IL. He's lived all
over South America He's almost sure
that Estrilla 10 q Spaniard from Port
Of Spain named Juan Perez. The Pc
res family were cacao growers in Trim
idad. The head OF the family was
named Miguel rerss-I suppose.
though. you aren't interested in the
family"
That's Just what l want to know"
Miguel Psrss 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 Perez
had Just died. and this Juan had In
herited the business. It seemed that
he wasn't getting on well with IT. At
least. that was the gossip. That's alp
oh. yes, the stool-pigeon remembered
one other thing about Miguel Peres.
He'd had an early romance with an
English girl-navy psople. Miguel
Peres married her. and she didn't live
very long. After that. hs married
asain-a Spanish girl from Carscas-
and Juan Peres was the son Of that
maFsiags. That was about al hs
could remember"
Still. the camera marked Port Of
Spain seems to NJ 1t, 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 Peres had any childrsa by
his first marriaSs-to the English
girl?"
"He didn't say. at least"
Rosalie CONCEALED to pose with he
a6vsnt Of an idea.
Tell me-" she asked. when q H.
ther and mother are of different ma
tionalities-talk different languages
what language does the baby learn
arst-the fathers or the mother'sr
"Oh, the mothers-always."
so II there was . child from hia
first marriage-to the English girl
he'd talk better English than Juan
Perex?"
He'd pronounce it better, anyway"
Ana = mother always talks to her
baby in her own language"
"Oh. of course"
An II = foreigner-you, for in.
stance-gits real excited an talks
quick. what language does he user"
"Oh, his own first tongue!"
Rosalie mused aloud; ana In that
musfng she cleared up for us one Of
her mysteries Of method.
1T does look to me-" she said, "as
II I'd wasted a lot of time brushin' up
my Spanish with the Martinez Phono-
graph Method. Still. it's bound to help
here and there. Listen" she ad.
dressed Grimaldi, Il did 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 could-my business
called for It. I've been studyin' it
again lately. You understand Span-
ish, don't your?
As we'll as do English"
"Then," said Rosalie In Spanish,
how does this sound? Is 1t good con.
| versational Spanish? Tell me what
you think"
WELL" said Grimaldi. "it runs all
right. but any one would know you
weren't Spanish born. Still, it's pret.
ty good, and I suppose you could fool
Spaniard for few words. What
are you trying to do-with Spanish p
"Oh. nothing" replied Rosalie care.
lessly. We'll. l must go on. Keep
him shadowed. an when you Kit any.
thing new. you know where to ipA ~,
Good-by."
At homo in her own room axain,
Rosalie pondered long, 4 nervous nn.
ger picking at musing lip-pondered
until she stood frozen with new idea.
~f~ -