Six Golden Angels by Max Brand

Author:Max Brand [Brand, Max]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery
Publisher: Roy Glashan's Library
Published: 2017-09-27T21:00:00+00:00

“Ah, well, then, of course!” he answered. “That’s my taxi, starter, isn’t it?”

“Certainly, Mr. Ravenna,” said the doorman, sweeping back with his arm the couple who were about to enter it.

“You didn’t even tip him,” said Elspeth Claussen, when they had squeezed into place inside and given the address.

“They do know you, Mike. You’re a comfort to have along in traffic, I must say.”

“You’re such a big girl, Elspeth,” he told her, “that you let your heart get the best of your wits. Suppose I tipped everyone. They would soon forget me. They want me to remember their faces and then when they come asking it will be for more than a quarter. Oh, I know about all that!”

“Why didn’t you tell me that you “were going to the show?” asked Sydney Galloway.

“Because I didn’t know that it would be so good. These plays about honest workingmen and the hard world usually are pretty bad; and so I just slip in, sip the flower, and leave before my stomach turns,” answered Ravenna. “Thanks for the tip on the third race today, Eric.”

“The dog didn’t win!” cried Claussen.

“He came within a nose of winning,” said Ravenna.

“Did Eric almost pick a winner for you, Uncle Mike?” asked Sydney.

“He did,” said Ravenna. “Horse came within an inch or two of making a lot of money for me.”

“That’s the way with everything,” said Sydney Galloway. “We almost win: but what we have to live on is second money.”

“What’s the matter with you tonight?” asked Claussen. “Don’t be sour and start thinking. Can’t you cheer up?”

“I don’t know,” she answered. “I’m getting a little fed up with my Porter, if you want to know the truth.”

“You’ve fed him for such a long time, dear,” said Elspeth, “that I thought it had become a life habit.”

“Don’t be nasty,” said Sydney. “I need comforting.”

“He looks so noble, though,” said Elspeth.

“It’s a beautiful job of minting,” said Sydney. “But I wonder if it’s a real coin?”

“Test him,” said Claussen.

“He is so damned precious,” said the Galloway girl. “When he talked all about art and beauty, I thought it was destiny; and then I discovered that he couldn’t ride a horse and hated big dogs—and everything began to go wrong. Put him beside a fellow like this David Ryder, for instance.”

There was a chorus of surprise and laughter.

“Don’t be ugly, Elspeth,” said Sydney. “I’ve seen you look at him in a certain way. He can really be quite nice and to the point.”

“Sort of half business and half polo, eh?” asked Claussen.

“No use trying to picture yourself at the altar with him, Sydney,” said Ravenna. “I have him pinned together with Eileen. Unless the cloth tears.”

“Uncle Mike, you’re a pig,” said Sydney.

“Do you like this fellow Ryder, really?” asked Claussen.

“I love him,” said Ravenna. “Leggett was my brother, and I inherit David from him.”

They went up to the apartment and Sydney unlocked the door.

“We’ve been without servants for days,” she said. “They can’t stand Emperor Porter. He asks the maids to do his nails and the butlers to draw his bath and it gets right up their noses.

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