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 know my name, she asks ...

Mackay nictitation at her ; I like to experience the names of my serious looking customers ...

Elsie laughs ;
-- - good looking eh ! ... I am seventy young man ... you should respect your elders.

-- - Oh I do, trust 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 take you know dear lady that I am xxx eight, going on eighteen.

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

Elsie rescript her drink and continues talking with the bar-keep ... She stands at the bar chatting with him for awhile. Mackay public lecture with her as he mixes drinks ..., excusing himself when he needs to talk with mortal 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 foremost name for utmost name ?

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

-- - ... ma ma'am ... ? Now you are showing too much respect.

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

Elsie laughs ;
-- -- Instead of arthritis I have rusting ... [ Mackay smiles at her but he is busybodied with a con-sum-err ... ]
Elsie waits ;
-- -- That would be nice ... 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 Wiley 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 twist herself up on the BM ...
-- -- This is unlike from what I imagined Mackay ...

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

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

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

Elsie sits quietly as Mackay serves several to a greater extent the great unwashed and finally concocts her fruity drink ... Which he labels ..., WITH self-worth ... [ Elsie laughs. She is having a gay old time ... ]

They banter back and forth 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 vista so she migrates back to Mackay ... eventually Mackay has a suspension from mixology ...

Elsie is sitting on the stool enjoying the diverse topics of conversation she and Mackay are delving into ... Without warning Mackay stares at her knees ..., making her very uncomfortable. Elsie closes her branch wet and wonders what he is up too ...
-- - Mackay, why are you looking at my knees ... ?

-- - Looking for bumps devout peeress ...

Elsie looks at him, bewildered ;
-- -- gibbosity, what in the macrocosm 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 Inner Light goes on and Elsie get-s his humour. ]

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

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

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

-- - Kissing your gracious knee joint Elsie ...

-- - You will do no such affair Young man ...

Mackay feigns kissing her knees again. Elsie cut her peg out of the way quickly ; letting out a slight squeal ..., like a piddling girl.

Elsie looks at Mackay ... He stands up, oculus sparkling, with a very saucy grin on his cheek ...
She gets it now, he was teasing her ;
-- -You terror. She say-s ...


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Elsie checked on Ralph several more multiplication ... he was having a fire ... 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 dwelling house ... serves him right ... he will take to cab it back in the dayspring ... it-s going to cost him a pretty centime ...

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

Elsie told Mackay the region of the urban center she lived in ... As it turned out he lived in that direction but further on ..., on the early side of the river ...
-- - How about I drive you rest home and you pay for my cab across the river ... that would be sleazy for you and to a lesser extent of an in-convenience to your husband ...

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

Mackay convinced Elsie to examine three of his mixture ... his argument won her over rather easily he thought but it turned out to be a razz. 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 back of their very nice Buick ... Ralph talked constantly, nearly of which was intelligible ... He had had a large time this night and was thankful for Mackay-s assistance ...

When they got to Ralph and Elsie-s menage it was nearly 2:30AM ... Mackay helped Ralph into the star sign ... He fell on his bed and stayed there, snoring loudly in minutes ... completely dressed ... shoes and all ...
Mackay had dealt with numerous drunks in his life history ; Ralph was a happy drunk ... 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 like one before you cab it home ... Oh ..., and I will get you some money .... How lots 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 deliver to do ...

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

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

-- - I want to Elsie ... It gives me an excuse to mouth with you again ... I enjoyed our conversations tonight.
... ... Mackay could see her look beaming with pride ...

-- - 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 Lady ...
He would chatter with her once a week usually, sometimes not if his job got in the way ... Ralph was well-chosen that Elsie had a booster ... Ralph like the theme of a man stopping in randomly ... He liked the security factor ... The three became very close. Mackay even got them tickets to a duo of dances he served at ... including some for their friends ..., the Maloney-s.

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

Winter came and Mackay-s sojourn dropped off in frequency ... Christmas came and went with natural endowment and invitations exchanged ...

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