Tombstone epitaph., 1916-04-02

Pretty good!" commented Rosalle. An you found nothing ebout-what I'm after?"
 thing-1 mean, the absence of any sign of Identification looked curious to me. But l found one thing which didn't amount to much. except that 1t was an opening. He has a camera l don't know why examined that. unless it was hunch. It was foreign made-American boxes are manufac- tured by a trust, and they all look alike. Down by the range-scale l found A nickel plate such as agents always put on cameras. It read; J. Lichenstein, Cameras and Camera Supplies. Port of Spain. Trinidad.'
 Where's that?"
 '-..a.1a1 Is an ieiand oil ine 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. 1 had taken the precaution, 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 Estrilla is Spaniard from Port of Spain named Juan Perez. The Pc 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 Ia thcr-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. It seemed that he wasn't getting on well with it. At least, that was the gossip. That's alS r-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 asa:u--a Spanish girl from Caracas and Juan Perez was the son Of that ma~tage That was about all he could remember"
 Still, the camera marked Port of Spain seems to fix it, somehow" l Tt 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 \ LoA nhi1aran hr his first marriage-to the English girl?"
 -He didn't say. al least"
 Rosalie congealed to a pose with the aS~ent Of an idea
 Tell me-" she asked. when a ia ther and a mother are of different na ltionalities-talk different languages what language does the baby learr first-the fathers or the mothers."
 ''Oh. the mothers-always."
 So if there was a child from his first marriage-to the English girl he'd talk better English than JuAr Perez?"
 He'd pronounce it better. anyway.
 And a mother always talks to hel baby in her own language"
 "Oh. of course"
 An if foreigner-you. for in stance-gits real excited an talk quick. what language does he use?"
 "Oh. his own first tongue!"
 Rosalie unused aloud: and in tha musing she cleared up for us one O her mysteries of method.
 Tt does look to me-" she said. ''a 1! I'd wasted a lot of time brushin' u my Spanish with the Martinez Phono graph Method. Still. it's bound to hell here and there. Listen," she ad dressed Grimaldi. q did a turn once
 never mind what-on the Mexical
 border-El Paso. San Antonio, ar
 places like that Circumstance va such that I had to learn as Eucl
 Spanish as l could-my bushes
 called for 1t. I've been studyin'
 again lately. You understand Spar
 ish. don't you!"
 nj "As well as do English" , Then" said Rosalie in Spanisf . how does this sound? Is 1t good COT : versational Spanish? Tell me whs , you think"
 ] Well" said Grimaldi. 'ft runs d right, but any one would know 70 , weren't Spanish born. Still. it's pre- - ty good, and I suppose you could foc 3 a Spaniard for a few words. Wha t are you trying to do-with Spanish 1 "oh. nothing" replied Rosalie car' s lessly. Well, l muet go on. Kee F. him shadowed. an when you git an. r thing new. you know where to nna n' ]. Good-by."
 
 At home in her own room agail
 Rosalie pondered long. . nervous Al
 ger picking at a musing lip-pondere
 until she stood frozen with new ide [, Those rings of Miss Estrilla's-sh had long wanted a look at them. P l. pecially that big diamond with a cur " ous onyx and gold setting which st . wore on her left hand. Rosalie hs
 noted Miss Estrilla's care of tn;
 ring; noted how she washed h, q hands without removing 1t Chanc c- therefore. would never give the oppo Itunjty. She herself must make 1t sf