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Show ) fighter of note Parisian first, cosmopolitan next, Cupt. H. Ilcaugrand, who Is at tho Brown Palaco hotol, has led a llfo of ndvonturo and Is ns near a prototypo of tho Dumas hero as any other living man. Mombor of tho Legion of Honor, a devoteo of bcllos lottres nud a veteran vet-eran of tho war by which Maximilian lost his llfo Instead of gaining an empire, em-pire, thcro Is llttlo interest In tho world that Capt. Ueaugrand hns not seen. Cnpt. Boaugrand ,wns only u youth when ho fought lifMoxIco, but his extraordinary ex-traordinary bravery and his .military .education coon wqnfor'hlm n captaincy; cap-taincy; .During nvscoutlng expedition Capt. Boaugrand anifhls"men suddenly sudden-ly encountered nn overwhelming forco of the onemy. They beat a hasty re- treat to tho banks of tho Rio Grande, ! whew (hoy mado a last stand. Cnpt. Dent-grand ordered his men to leap Into tho river nnd try to roach tho other sldo. Tho company had been decimated while tho retreat was being conducted. About 100 mon wore left when the orders to crosn tho river wero Issued. Only nine re.tchod tho American side. Tho others wero shot as thoy wero swimming tho river. Capt. Bcaugrand and his eight sur-Tlvlng sur-Tlvlng Boldlers found safety on this sldo of tho lt'o tJrando, but after ro-cupcrntlng ro-cupcrntlng a few days thoy recrosscd tho rlvor r.nd by stealthy marches suo-cooded suo-cooded In rejoining tho main' com-mund, com-mund, whoso omcc.s had placed all tholr nnmes on the list of tho killed. Whon the war terminated Capt. Ueaugrand became a pul Usher for tomo time, after which ho moved to Montreal, Canada. He was elected mayor of that city, but shortly afterward after-ward wont to St, Louis. Ho accopted a place on tho editorial staff of tho GlobeDomocrnt, where ho becamo acquainted with tho Into J. B. McCullngh, who claimed to havo ' originated tho practice of nowspaper Interviewing. Kugono Field as at that timo nn employe of tho St. Louis Republic. Capt. Boausrand has published a Lumber of short stories, but, Btrangely enough, ho has never told In print tho many hairbreadth escapes of hit, own career. Ho will likely decide on tho advlco of his physician to make Colorado Colo-rado his permanent abode. Dcnvor Nows. |