The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-28
TROOPER BROWNE.
Experiences Of n IiOOsier Lad Who Was
Missing when school Opened

FROM no IUu'dhHpoNs NtTS
Two years and hah ago, when the II hools
opened for the spring term, one of the boys
of the Whittier. j. McElroy Browne, turned
up missing Eight days atterward hl- father.
Daniel W. Browne. with offices in the New
York Life Building. received a letter saying
that about the tiiGc you MIL receive this.
dear father. will be sailing ont OF New Or
leans Tor South Africa. That explained
why McElroy. or Mack, a. his family ma me-
j.. was absent when the Whittier opened.
Fifteen v'1r- Of age. he ought 10 have turned
around At New Orleans to come back TO school.
He is back now, or was her" q week go hay
ing iu-, turned hi> s"vrnteeuti. birthday.
Barring a hole drilled through the calf of his
right leg and the swing o: a cJyalryman the
Kansas City boy j. none the wor>" for h-
two wears and four months fghting on the
weld, He was under FIRE dozens of times
captured once, had four horses shot under
him. was hit once, and on one occasion shared
with an old East Indian Britt her the dis
tinot ion of being the oul, survivor of a troop
OF 100 who went INTO action The two sur
vivor> got away by making break Tor the
! brush and hiding out overnight
We did not know thing about his gong
away" said Mr. Browne ST. Yesterday. lie
had been mixing M with the mul" buyers at
TIN" stock yard Newt thing knew h."
was OF for Africa with q 10, OF the mules
Then We heard that he had enlisted IN Bra
hant'~ lIor.n After that 10 weuti into tho
Petersburg lior~s and finally wound w Win
St"in.ker'- h3r-" II" was discharged from
Mack had lot. OF experience hu, he wa,
b, ornly one" ~" va, ridmT one az when
boot around in, hi, -,lrrup TO, awaken i
! bat it did not do the trick After while
% vi, h" W., ,ryRg &c, Gn dG,2 n h"
! Come 10 look II was fun Of blood Mau-cr
bullet hnd son" through H. leg ,,,,,,, ,,ou,
| that wound H. he did about Sergeant Jimmy
Ca,,hmun. New Zealander. a. I'm" a. they
make them. Jimmy. the troop ,-rg"aut.
was the life Of tho command lii> Jokes
| were the richest when the firing Wa ~"
closest lie came OF cool family, Wa rich
| and about TO h" married one day, stein
| eker's Hor-e was di-mouutcd Firing was
| going on ~ l,i0o yards M9ck, nv boy. lay
| hill with Tn" crest in front nj him. when N'r
g"ant Jimmy cam" ~ 20 -p"ak 20 I'H Snr.
| thing he heard hi S'rg"aih, tumble. The
bullet had rons 'hrnuEh M,actt he, ana
merry laugh for Nj, farewell TO hi. co,3rqdc.
| moor fellow. They buried him In III blanket.
the ,-mic ,tll on his dear face. N'1rwrrd,
HE family scrt man ont AL The way from
| Australia 10 find the gray" and ship IN" re-
ran> home, but no amount OF money could
| McElroy'- --latest action Wa Interesting
| He told ~, mid tho father Of ~" -"uool.
hoy that S,eineker,- 'Ior-". $50 strong, vas
m9,, Of then RC.r, M la, Ct,ai"
Bo"r-. Whcr Mock aud IN" hal,u"" ~ tlom
got well within range. = vol|N un.o'-'d i"
Covered GO mat in rTdi Of Is he h,d roo men
| TO negotht" with. concealed and h"hlnd
20 rctirc, for tie roar .B,'r ,>uuodrop ever
| hudgcd They inst l"fi ~" British hnrS"
To stand tho hrun' Of tb" 10 ing y',ark IN"
| enemy made tho most oi "" check, and hc-
! fore tho fight wa over they Ind killed o.
Wounded "v"ry w'n IN m" command but
Rea,inc tn" capture Of McI.lrov, Mr. Browne
With an ,re,r Indian soldier G1emcd, G 10y,
| -kirri.h. lie do!rod into tn" brush and laid
out AL night N"N morning b" saw Whit he
| thought wn- - British 'In'u and started for II
4 Poer halted him. told him he Nn~ captured.
took from him nj watch nn1 1hont 500 in
on into camu when Mack ro' INTO C',up h"
was taken bclo"" ~" omw,naont" toy,
Mack was IN American aud a-t"i how II WIS
TINT any Am"-rn '"nld be- found 10 ncE,
hnpp"rcd 20 s't into IN" war. one Of ia"
men STANDING with p,tov hen asked Mace
he would no' ~, "nd nEli WIN IN"
| 10 turn artjp-t ~" mon "" had srrVsd with
De,ov 'old Vim. Wy boy, | mink more of
to 90 Nnck told nhoIt bong robbed, mud
Dctoy said would Try o,nd ,Wv" the money
however Mach lad to walk "ighl miles over
H." hot ,o' citing =" ro-' eNhni~ted and
m I +" ride ta"n'y odd maS 10 ' tnother
British ,Uwp. When he reached there he
Ten from NJ, mount "Nmn,'"d and hay I'M
The Brown" mcld"u, cam" NJ Officially
when Mr. brown" u-k"d iorm"r Consul ten
| erpl stove to und"rt kc TO 'oCstr the ulis-iug
,chooboy among th" trGoou"r- ia South
a Mris" WaI4 ] G ET'p Rr0 to- ne
iur ~ fathers address 20, 49, New York Li,"
Buildm", W., dt,rh,rg,d from the lsh
Steinckrr'. nor" JUN -. laoe 'Troopcr
j Mctlrov Browne" beat M" Official repor,