New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-27
OF CAPTAINS THREE

that the ways Of lted lovers were akin TO madness
and that the mind Of youth no man knoweth. Tie
tried get BTOwnelle reconsider but before his
speech ended the man had gone
Ny Captain told me that he walked the decks
night and day, until he came 10 HOngkong where he
Cabled 10 his banker 10 forward the fifty thousand
dollars worth Of bonds 10 Lieutenant Martin IN
Manila. And then came the relaxation. He dreaded
10 return home 10 meet the wondering questions of
those who had known that al his life wrapped
IN has profession and furthermore he knew that for
the flrSt time IN his life he work exc an
existence He had nothing more than a few hundred
dollars saved from his salary and his profession lie
had no hope from the past, and cherries future
which he must needs 70 conquer or-go down
failure
CANT tell YOU Of all he did lie tined 10 get work
engineering through China. he hoated through
India, and on the Suez he SubSisted by day labor
when has money was all gone. He worked his way
a StokeT 10 Marseilles and in time came 10 Paris.
II seemed that his Ill luck would never end, and for
more than two years he struggled as best he might
until finally there the alarm Of IL the
call Of his old profession the call of arms, and he
answered II by existing IN the French army a
private
You know how IL resulted Merit cannot be
whipped. Ii rises uncomfortable and pheniXike
from the ashes Of dead hope 10 reach its own place.
And SO, from that day when met him 10y my broken
motor car ms fortunes seemed 10 mend. until, a
climax | saw him come before an army on parade
10 receive the cross Of the Legion Of HonOr-the bau
be-and a commission as Captain IN the army OF
France.
The over IN 1nTee inOltnS-lnc war tnat
resulted in a draw and impoverished two natiOnsl
FierCelV IL fought and IN that fierce fighting he
had ms share. did al Of He gained more than
our respect and COmTadeShlp. he earned our love.
He was one of US was banded into that unSpOken
bond Of the Captains Three. Knowing his shipwreck
If love and from my advanced age, able to estimate
ms colossal misfortune i tried 10 make attractive
his new career. so Unexpectedly opened, and some
times 1 think l succeeded. but ever and anon
would surprise the heartbreak in his eyes and know
that did he gain the baton of a marechal Of France
vet would he long for the goes OF that other
lighting for ms own cOuntry-and for the clasp OF
WOmans hand.
m was fully three months after peace had been de
cared. and my regiment was CHARTERED IN Pans,
that the curtain dropped on the tragedy OF the
life Of Captain Frederic BTOWnelle whose FIRST acts
had taken place in the tropical isles on the Tar side 81
the world.
had taken up my quarters IN my OLD apartments
M the Latin OuaTter,-yes, here IN The boule Niche
dividing my time between here and Fortress Num-
f,er Three "a here was stationed, when "A man came
ro my door one night and was admitted. lie was Of
rnv AGE and spoke most fluent French.
ann Colonel Richardson, ne sald' oil the
United States army special mission have
The honor of speaking 20 Colonel Dunols OF the
Chasseurs Antique Of France
4 affirmed ms Identification and proiiered HIM
seat .. - I'll.
American alriutness Captain Frederic Brownelle
/ want HIM and have come tor HIM
Ierard had been m my back apartment, making
;,lf ~ home as did an 81 us Captains Three, or
for that matter the Captains -Four. and no" he came
out fierce and harsh IN appearance. ihToqueed
hmm and then turned 10 Colonel Richardson sup
r,o,, both Leopard and ! exhibited marked hostility
for 1 am sure both believed that our American
7r,de WAS 10 Ice hauled back 20 his native land tor
tral Knowing the story as did IRON the ihsde'
Colonel / said the man is my friend. lie
,,ars the Cross Of the Legion. and has honoTed me
/. Al as well as