Thought He'd Need Them

'When I first visited Kansas City soine years ago, " saicl Manager Tom Da vis, ''I íonnd on the table in my room at the best hotel a box of pokei chips. I had just come froiu a trip through New England, where a Bible is almost invariably a standard piece of fornitura, and this new layout rather staggered me. I called a bellboy and told him souiebody had forgotten bis poker chips. " 'That's all right, mister,' said he. 'They belongs here. ' " 'Ithonght perhaps somebody forgot to take them away after last jiight's game,' said I. " 'No, indeed,' says he. 'Chips and clean towel goes with every room.' ' Then he looked at me curiously a moment 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.