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Show HOBOES SENTENCED TO TBE GRUB PILE Denver, Jan. 3. Fire and police chiefs of Denver, past and present, have an association which meets on each New Year's day for a "social session," the dominant characteristic of which is an abundance of good things to eat aud drink They wore indulging In their annual feast at police headquarters yesterday when two hoboes, driven by a temperature of fourteen degrees below zero to a place where they seldom seok voluntarily, volun-tarily, applied for shelter at tho police po-lice station. To their unbounded dis gust, thev were immediately placed under arrest. Amid indignant protests, pro-tests, they were hustled to the room whero the chiefs were banqueting. A court was hastily formed with Chief of Police Hamilton Armstrong as presiding pre-siding judge. "What Is the charge against these men?" inquired the court, scowling at tho prisoners, who had ceased their outcries, the better to sniff the odors of the savory viands and a big bowl of steaming punch. "They are cold and hungry, replied re-plied the arresting officer. "Half nn hour at hard labor on the grub pile," decreed the court. "oYur sentence will begin Immediately, and tho Lord hnve mercy on your digestions," diges-tions," nn . |