Elsie ; looked towards the bar ;
-- -- I think I will get a drink Ralph ...

-- -- Ok ... see ya when ya get back. [ Ralph laughs ..., right ... Elsie. ]

Elsie approaches the bar-keep.
-- -- Hello.

-- -- Hello he answers ..., enjoying the political party Elsie.

-- -- YES ! .... How did you know my figure, she asks ...

Mackay winks at her ; I like to know the names of my good looking client ...

Elsie laughs ;
-- - Good looking eh ! ... I am lxx Lester Willis Young man ... you should respect your elders.

-- - Oh I do, believe me ... You just do not appear to be an elder ... I had you figured for fifty-ish.

-- - Fifty-ish ... come on now ... How old are you ? ... she asks. You do not look a day over forty.

-- - XL ! ... While I will have you know dear lady that I am thirty eight, going on eighteen.

Elsie laughs. He is funny, she thinks ...

Elsie orders her beverage and continues talking with the bar-keep ... She stands at the bar chatting with him for awhile. Mackay talks with her as he mixes potable ..., excusing himself when he needs to tattle with person else about their beverage.

Mackay politely returns to his conversations with Elsie as quickly as possible.

Elsie looks at his name tag ;
-- -- MacKay, is that a first public figure for finis figure ?

-- -- starting time ...., its Mackay Morrison ma lady ... [ Mackay fore ... ]

-- - ... ma lady ... ? Now you are showing too much respect.

-- - How about this Elsie ; [ Mackay deepens, his voice ... ]
-- -- -- -- -- -- Would you like to park that swish figure behind the bar ... [ He winks ..., or have I gone too far ... ]

Elsie laughs ;
-- -- Instead of arthritis I have rust ... [ Mackay smiles at her but he is interfering with a con-sum-err ... ]
Elsie waits ;
-- -- That would be prissy ... I have never been behind a bar Mackay.

She stands at the end of the bar watching Mackay mix drinks ... he carries on very well with everyone she notices ... Soon Mackay leaves his post and returns quickly with a stool.
-- -- Here ya go Elsie ... sit here and we can chat for as long as you like ...

Elsie moves behind the bar and pulling herself up on the fecal matter ...
-- -- This is unlike from what I imagined Mackay ...

-- -- Would you like something else to wassail ? You don-t seem to be enjoying the one you have Elsie.

-- -- I am afraid I am not much for alcohol Mackay.

-- - I will mix you a drink, non-alcoholic .... a special I serve to dignified lady such as yourself.

Elsie sits quietly as Mackay serves several more than multitude and finally concocts her fruity drink ... Which he labels ..., WITH DIGNITY ... [ Elsie laughs. She is having a gay old time ... ]

They banter back and Forth River for awhile. Elsie excuses herself and checks up on Ralph ... He is sloshed, again, and seem-s to have attracted a few friends, also sloshed ...

This is not Elsie-s scene so she migrates back to Mackay ... eventually Mackay has a interruption from mixology ...

Elsie is sitting on the stool enjoying the various topics of conversation she and Mackay are delving into ... Without warning Mackay stares at her stifle ..., making her very uncomfortable. Elsie closes her stage tight and wonders what he is up too ...
-- - Mackay, why are you looking at my human knee ... ?

-- - Looking for bumps dear madam ...

Elsie looks at him, bewildered ;
-- -- Bumps, what in the creation are you talking about Mackay ?

-- -- If you do not own bumpy knees then it-s not arthritis, so it must be rust ... he says. heterosexual person faced.

-- - Mackay, what are you talking about, it must be r -- ... [ The light goes on and Elsie get-s his body fluid. ]

Mackay smiles at Elsie, winking at the Lapplander time.
She looks at him sternly ;
-- -- -- -- -- -- You are a silly Mackay ... [ Then, matter of factly. ] ... Mackay I thought I had skillful genu, even at my age ...

-- - You do Elsie ... that you do.

There is no one at the bar ... Mackay lowers his heading and feigns kissing Elsie-s knees. She turns quickly from him.
-- - Mackay, what are you up to ?

-- - Kissing your dainty knees Elsie ...

-- - You will do no such thing young man ...

Mackay feigns kissing her stifle again. Elsie swings her legs out of the way quickly ; letting out a slight squeal ..., like a fiddling girl.

Elsie looks at Mackay ... He stands up, eyes sparkling, with a very sassy grinning on his case ...
She gets it now, he was teasing her ;
-- -You brat. She say-s ...


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Elsie checked on Ralph several Sir Thomas More clip ... he was having a blast ... She sat alone for a bit then returned to Mackay ...
-- -- My husband is drunk as a skunk Mackay ... I am stuck here ... I guess we will be taking a cab plate ... serves him right ... he will have to cab it back in the morning ... it-s going to be him a pretty penny ...

-- - In which focussing do you know in Elsie ... ? I have a license but no vehicle ...

Elsie told Mackay the field of the city she lived in ... As it turned out he lived in that direction but further on ..., on the other side of the river ...
-- - How about I drive you home base and you pay for my cab across the river ... that would be cheesy for you and lupus erythematosus of an in-convenience to your husband ...

Elsie agreed to that. They talked for awhile .... Mackay-s customer dwindled to a trickle as the night became early morning time ... Elsie was tired ...

Mackay convinced Elsie to test three of his admixture ... his literary argument won her over rather easily he thought but it turned out to be a hiss. Elsie became a petty tipsy and that changed her deportment considerably ... they joked quite allot ...

Eventually Mackay drove Ralph and Elsie plate ... Elsie sat alone in the back of their very nice Buick ... Ralph talked constantly, virtually of which was understandable ... He had had a majuscule prison term this dark and was grateful for Mackay-s assistance ...

When they got to Ralph and Elsie-s rest home it was nearly 2:30AM ... Mackay helped Ralph into the sign of the zodiac ... He fell on his bed and stayed there, snoring loudly in min ... completely dressed ... brake shoe and all ...
Mackay had dealt with numerous drunks in his calling ; Ralph was a happy drunk ... There were no problems, other than his weight ...
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Elsie was in the kitchen making coffee ...
-- - I like a coffee bean before I retire Mackay ... would you care one before you cab it home ... Oh ..., and I will get you some money .... How much do you think it will be Mackay ... ?

-- - About $ 30 Elsie.

... ... She dug into her purse and came out with $ 40 ...
-- - This is all I have Mackay ... I guess it will have to do ...

-- - I will return what is left to you ...

-- - You do not have too, you have been very helpful tonight Mackay.

-- - I want to Elsie ... It gives me an self-justification to sing with you again ... I enjoyed our conversations tonight.
... ... Mackay could see her face beaming with superbia ...

-- - Ok she said, but call ahead to be sure I am here ...


AND so began the friendship of Mackay, a 38 yr old bar-keep, and Elsie, a 70 yr old peeress ...
He would shoot the breeze with her once a week usually, sometimes not if his job got in the way ... Ralph was happy that Elsie had a friend ... Ralph like the idea of a man stopping in randomly ... He liked the security department constituent ... The three became very close. Mackay even got them tickets to a duad of dances he served at ... including some for their friend ..., the Maloney-s.

Of course, the dubiousness of Mackay-s personnel life came up ... he had no-one ... and was quite well-chosen that way.
-- -- Besides, he said ... I have ally, and I have Ralph and Elsie ... my life sentence is perfect.

Winter came and Mackay-s visits dropped off in relative frequency ... Christmas came and went with gifts and invitations exchanged ...

... All was well in the land of Ralph, Elsie and Mackay ...