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Show Thought He'd Need Them. "When I first visited Kansas City 6ome years ago," said Manager Tom Davis, "I found on the table in my room at the best hotel a box of poker chips. I had just come from a trip through New England, where a Bible is almost invariably a standard piece of furniture, and this new layout rather staggered me. I called a bellboy and tola, him ftomebody had forgotten his poker chips. " 'That's all right, mister,' said he. 'They belongs here.' " 'I thought perhaps somebody forgot to take them away after last night's game, said I. " 'No, indeed,' says he. 'Chips and clean towel goes with every room.' "Then he looked at me curiously a moment mo-ment and said he guessed I'd need 'em. "I said I guessed not. " 'You don't look like a preacher man,' says he. " 'I'm a circus man,' said I. "He nearly fainted." New York Herald. |