Show KEEPING HORSES WARM Three Policemen Had Long and Chilly Wait for Certain Hoboes Three police officers pent last night In a barn in the rear oC 31 North State street last night They were not looking for murderers or desperate criminals of any sorl They were on a very charitable chari-table mission shivering through the long hours of the night In order that ten horses might keep l warm It was the presence of the coppers that caused the equines to retain their warmth For several weeks past when the officers offi-cers were not In the barn the horses were extremely cold A trio of hoboes wore responsible for the chilly vigilance Nightly for a month past they have been creeping Into the bam each night carefully removing re-moving the blankets from the horses and sleeping in them In the morning they would replace the blankets and the owner of the barn did not know he was conducting a lodginghouse until a few nights ago when he went Into the barn and found his horses stripped of their blankets From the loft a series of stentorian snores proclaimed the whereabouts of the blankets The officers of-ficers hoped the hobos would come early last night and relieve their vigilance l vigi-lance but up to a late hour they had not appeared |