The Golden Gizmo
“He'd built up his wardrobe, had several grand in his kick, and was driving a Cadillac-rented, alas-while he tried to hit upon a line.Toddy liked nice things. He liked to live in good places. He found that it paid off. In the swank apartment hotel where he resided, he was believed to be the scion of a Texas oil millionaire. No one would have thought of associating the tanned, exquisitely tailored young man with anything off-color.He was sitting in the bar of his hotel the day he met Elaine. Appa...rently she had followed him in from the street, although he had not seen her. The first he saw of her was when she slid onto the stool next to his and looked up at him with that funny, open-toothed smile."Order yet, darling?" she said. "I believe I'll have a double rye, water on the side."He looked at the bartender, who was giving Elaine a doubtful but chilly eye. "That sounds good enough for me," he said. "Two double ryes, water on the side."In the few seemingly casual glances he gave her, while she drank that drink and three others, he checked off her points and added them up to zero.MoreLess
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