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

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

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

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

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

Mackay winks at her ; I like to bed the figure of my honorable looking customers ...

Elsie laughs ;
-- - sound looking eh ! ... I am lxx young man ... you should honour your elders.

-- - Oh I do, believe me ... You just do not come along to be an senior ... 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.

-- - 40 ! ... While I will have you know heartfelt noblewoman that I am XXX eight, going on eighteen.

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

Elsie orderliness her swallow and continues talking with the bar-keep ... She stands at the bar chatting with him for awhile. Mackay talks with her as he mixes drink ..., excusing himself when he needs to talk 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 gens for utmost name ?

-- -- First ...., its Mackay Morrison ma lady ... [ Mackay stem ... ]

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

-- - How about this Elsie ; [ Mackay deepens, his phonation ... ]
-- -- -- -- -- -- Would you like to park that classy soma 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 fussy with a con-sum-err ... ]
Elsie waits ;
-- -- That would be decent ... 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 gossip for as long as you like ...

Elsie moves behind the bar and drag herself up on the crapper ...
-- -- This is dissimilar from what I imagined Mackay ...

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

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

-- - I will mix you a swallow, non-alcoholic .... a especial I serve to ennoble ladies such as yourself.

Elsie sits quietly as Mackay serves respective more mass and finally concocts her fruity crapulence ... Which he labels ..., WITH gravitas ... [ Elsie gag. She is having a gay old time ... ]

They banter back and forth for awhile. Elsie excuses herself and break up on Ralph ... He is sloshed, again, and seem-s to have attracted a few friend, also sloshed ...

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

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

-- - Looking for bumps dear lady ...

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

-- -- If you do not have bumpy human knee 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 ignitor goes on and Elsie get-s his temper. ]

Mackay smiles at Elsie, winking at the same prison term.
She looks at him sternly ;
-- -- -- -- -- -- You are a cockamamy Mackay ... [ Then, affair of factly. ] ... Mackay I thought I had dainty knees, even at my age ...

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

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

-- - Kissing your courteous human knee Elsie ...

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

Mackay feigns kissing her knee joint again. Elsie swings her wooden leg out of the way quickly ; letting out a slight squeal ..., like a petty girl.

Elsie looks at Mackay ... He stands up, middle sparkling, with a very overbold smiling on his nerve ...
She gets it now, he was teasing her ;
-- -You terror. She say-s ...


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

-- - In which focal point do you live in Elsie ... ? I have a license but no vehicle ...

Elsie told Mackay the area of the city she lived in ... As it turned out he lived in that direction but further on ..., on the former slope of the river ...
-- - How about I drive you nursing home and you pay for my cab across the river ... that would be meretricious for you and less of an in-convenience to your husband ...

Elsie agreed to that. They talked for awhile .... Mackay-s customers dwindled to a drip as the dark became early dawn ... Elsie was tired ...

Mackay convinced Elsie to test three of his premix ... his argument won her over rather easily he thought but it turned out to be a hoot. Elsie became a trivial tipsy and that changed her demeanour considerably ... they joked quite allot ...

Eventually Mackay drove Ralph and Elsie household ... Elsie sat alone in the back of their very nice Buick ... Ralph talked constantly, most of which was apprehensible ... He had had a great time this night and was thankful for Mackay-s assistance ...

When they got to Ralph and Elsie-s nursing home it was nearly 2:30AM ... Mackay helped Ralph into the house ... He fell on his bed and stayed there, snoring loudly in minutes ... completely dressed ... horseshoe and all ...
Mackay had dealt with numerous drunks in his career ; Ralph was a happy drunkard ... There were no problems, other than his free weight ...
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Elsie was in the kitchen making coffee ...
-- - I like a coffee before I retire Mackay ... would you wish one before you cab it dwelling ... Oh ..., and I will get you some money .... How much do you conceive 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 stimulate to do ...

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

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

-- - I want to Elsie ... It gives me an excuse to babble with you again ... I enjoyed our conversations tonight.
... ... Mackay could see her face beaming with pridefulness ...

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


AND so began the friendly relationship of Mackay, a 38 yr old bar-keep, and Elsie, a 70 yr old lady ...
He would visit with her once a hebdomad usually, sometimes not if his job got in the way ... Ralph was glad that Elsie had a friend ... Ralph like the idea of a man stopping in randomly ... He liked the security factor ... The three became very close. Mackay even got them just the ticket to a twosome of dances he served at ... including some for their Quaker ..., the Maloney-s.

Of course, the question of Mackay-s personnel department sprightliness came up ... he had no-one ... and was quite happy that way.
-- -- Besides, he said ... I have Quaker, and I have Ralph and Elsie ... my aliveness is perfect.

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

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