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The EsoapRde OF Two "PraIrie Rangers"
of the Quaker city

The EsoapRde OF Two "PraIrie Rangers"
of the Quaker city
From, The Ns,0 York Times.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 12.-Since the
morning Of July 81 last two prominent
members OF the "Prairie Rangers" a
juvenile society organized for the purpose
Of hunting bufialoes and grizzly bears
aud killing Indians, have been missing.
The hangers have usually met in the
vicinity of Eleventh and ButtonwoOd
streets every night TO compare notes, lay
plans for iutur3 action, and make ex-
changes of "nickcl libraries when
deectabl9 literature they eagerly pur-
chase and greedily devout. There have
been only a few meetings OF the Rangers
this month, and they We're clandestine.
ON the last day Of July little George
Hughes Ranger" - wears old, who
lives with his mother at No. 031 Necta-
rine street. bade the latter gOOd-bye before
she left for her work in anup-town carpet
mill and went around to the house Of his
particular friend and fellow Ranger"
Master hcCloskey, ID years Old who
lived with his widowed mother at No. 81
GOssamer avenue. Mark worked in an
Eighth street shoe store and his chum
waited for him at the head Of the avenue.
When he finally came out they were join
ed by another Ranger" Master Freddy
Snyder, VINO lives a. No. ,043 ButtOnwOod
street. The three walked toward Eighth
and Market, and on the road Ranger
Hughes displayed 81 80 and invited
his fellow-scouts TO accompany
him ON grand holiday jsunt
TO New York TO take in the Grant
funeral, after which they would catch
blue-fsh at Cape May and tumble among
the breakers on the beach at Atlantic
City. TITS too hot 10 Kill grizzlies and
hufaloes," said Ranger Hughes argu-
mentatively, land the Injuns are all
quiet. You fellows come 'long with me
and Wen have bully time" Ranger
McCioskey, who worked hard every day
and was obliged TO hand in hie weekly
wages to his widowed mother, thought
iavorahly Of the scheme, and after some
hesitation consented 10 accompany Ran
ger Hughes. Ranger Snyder had several
times before started out TO seek his for
tune, and his ventures had always re-
suited disasterously. He shook his head
when Invited 10 be one OF the party. and
positively declined to leave Philadelphia.
His iellow-rangers therefore sWOre him to
secrecy and started upon their journey.
II didn't want % take in no 'acursiOu 10
New York on dollar and fifty cents for
three fellers," said Ranger snyder today
Nv hen ] start out want plenty of money
to BUY ratiOns and things Mark and
George was just dead set on going though.
and 10 was no use trying TO talk 'em out Of
it,. They nude me swear TO keep mum
about it, and / did until that piece come
out in the papers about George this morn
ing. Then told all / knew about it,"
When they did not return TO their homes
that night their mothers made an anxious
/ and Ruthless search for them. The next
/ day the search was renewed, and the dav
/ following Mrs. McClOskey advertised her
/ son as missing In one OF the morning pa-
4 pers. "Mark was always a good boy :"
she said TO reporter to-day, "and so we'll
/ liked by the people of the store where he
/ worked that could not imagine what had
/ become OF him. He went away that morn
ing in good spirits and kissed me goOd-by
I'm afraid my poor boy is dead, and /
shall never see him again. have hunted
! for him every where. ana last week went
TO New York and Brooklyn TO see il |
! could not find some trace OF him" Ranger
! Hughes mother was Obliged to work at
the factory every day, but she shed tears
over her absent boy and prayed for his
safety. This morning she received u
letter from Chief OF Police Muir
! ply, Of Jersey City, informing her
that the wandering Ranger had been
found, and was in custody there await
ing her orders. She took the first train
/ for New York, and tonight returned with
the truant. lie was picked up IN Jersey
City by police officer last Monday morn
ing, from wnom he inquired the most di-
rect road TO Philadelphia. when inter
r0gared Ranger Hughes gave his correct
name and his mothers address, snd in adj
diton related most thrilling tale OF kid
mapping, Of which be WAS the victim,
claiming that he and another brother had
heen iurcibly abducted from Camden on
Thursday morning last by two strange
men. lie is a brazen and slRngy little
chan. When asked why he told so many
lies % the Jersey police he said: "Well. /
thought I'D give 'em a still" He says
Mark McCloskey went OF with a sailor 10
| be q pirate.