Elsie ; looked towards the bar ;
-- -- I think I will get a potable 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 sleep with my epithet, she asks ...

Mackay winks at her ; I like to know the names of my effective looking customer ...

Elsie laughs ;
-- - secure looking eh ! ... I am lxx young man ... you should prize 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 see a day over forty.

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

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

Elsie orders her drinkable and continues talking with the bar-keep ... She stands at the bar chatting with him for awhile. Mackay talks with her as he mixes drinking ..., 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 public figure tag ;
-- -- MacKay, is that a beginning name for last name ?

-- -- First ...., its Mackay Morrison ma dame ... [ Mackay bows ... ]

-- - ... ma gentlewoman ... ? Now you are showing too lots respect.

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

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

She stands at the end of the bar watching Mackay mix drinking ... 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 pulls herself up on the toilet ...
-- -- This is different 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 alcoholic drink Mackay.

-- - I will mix you a boozing, non-alcoholic .... a extra I serve to dignified gentlewoman such as yourself.

Elsie sits quietly as Mackay serves several more hoi polloi and finally concocts her fruity deglutition ... Which he labels ..., WITH DIGNITY ... [ Elsie laughs. She is having a gay old fourth dimension ... ]

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

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

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

-- - Looking for bumps dearly lady ...

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

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

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

Mackay smiles at Elsie, winking at the same clip.
She looks at him sternly ;
-- -- -- -- -- -- You are a dizzy Mackay ... [ Then, matter of factly. ] ... Mackay I thought I had courteous knees, even at my age ...

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

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

-- - Kissing your nice knees Elsie ...

-- - You will do no such matter Whitney Young man ...

Mackay feigns kissing her articulatio genus again. Elsie lilt her leg out of the way quickly ; letting out a slight squeal ..., like a little girl.

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


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Elsie checked on Ralph several more than times ... he was having a blow ... She sat alone for a bit then returned to Mackay ...
-- -- My married man is drunk as a locoweed Mackay ... I am stuck here ... I guess we will be taking a cab home ... serves him right ... he will have to cab it back in the good morning ... it-s going to cost him a pretty cent ...

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

Elsie told Mackay the orbit of the metropolis she lived in ... As it turned out he lived in that management but further on ..., on the other slope of the river ...
-- - How about I drive you home and you pay for my cab across the river ... that would be cheaper for you and to a lesser extent of an in-convenience to your hubby ...

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

Mackay convinced Elsie to prove three of his mixes ... his literary argument won her over rather easily he thought but it turned out to be a red cent. Elsie became a little tipsy and that changed her demeanour considerably ... they joked quite allot ...

Eventually Mackay drove Ralph and Elsie home ... Elsie sat alone in the rear of their very nice Buick ... Ralph talked constantly, most of which was perceivable ... He had had a great meter this Night and was thankful for Mackay-s assistance ...

When they got to Ralph and Elsie-s plate 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 ... brake shoe and all ...
Mackay had dealt with numerous wino in his career ; Ralph was a felicitous drunk ... There were no problem, former than his weight unit ...
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Elsie was in the kitchen making coffee ...
-- - I like a coffee before I retire Mackay ... would you like one before you cab it home ... Oh ..., and I will get you some money .... How lots do you opine 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 hold too, you have been very helpful tonight Mackay.

-- - I want to Elsie ... It gives me an apology to lecture with you again ... I enjoyed our conversations tonight.
... ... Mackay could see her face beaming with pride ...

-- - Ok she said, but call 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 peeress ...
He would visit 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 gene ... The three became very close. Mackay even got them just the ticket to a mates of dancing he served at ... including some for their friends ..., the Maloney-s.

Of class, the question of Mackay-s personnel department lifespan came up ... he had no-one ... and was quite felicitous that way.
-- -- Besides, he said ... I have friend, and I have Ralph and Elsie ... my biography is perfect.

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

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