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 party Elsie.

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

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

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

-- - Oh I do, consider me ... You just do not look 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.

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

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

Elsie orders her drink 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 babble with mortal else about their beverage.

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

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

-- -- First ...., its Mackay Chloe Anthony Wofford ma lady ... [ Mackay stem ... ]

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

-- - How about this Elsie ; [ Mackay deepens, his interpreter ... ]
-- -- -- -- -- -- Would you like to park that classy chassis 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 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 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 throne ...
-- -- This is different from what I imagined Mackay ...

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

-- -- I am afraid I am not lots for alcoholic drink Mackay.

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

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

They banter back and forth for awhile. Elsie excuses herself and retard up on Ralph ... He is sloshed, again, and seem-s to give birth attracted a few protagonist, also sloshed ...

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

Elsie is sitting on the can enjoying the various issue of conversation she and Mackay are delving into ... Without warning Mackay stares at her knee ..., making her very uncomfortable. Elsie closes her ramification pixilated and admiration what he is up too ...
-- - Mackay, why are you looking at my knees ... ?

-- - Looking for prominence near lady ...

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

-- -- If you do not consume bumpy articulatio genus then it-s not arthritis, so it must be rust ... he says. heterosexual faced.

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

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

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

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

-- - Kissing your gracious articulatio genus Elsie ...

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

Mackay feigns kissing her knees again. Elsie golf shot her peg out of the way quickly ; letting out a rebuff squeal ..., like a little girl.

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


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Elsie checked on Ralph several more times ... he was having a blast ... She sat alone for a bit then returned to Mackay ...
-- -- My husband is drunk as a stinkpot 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 be him a pretty centime ...

-- - In which direction 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 other side of the river ...
-- - How about I drive you home and you pay for my cab across the river ... that would be tinny for you and to a lesser extent of an in-convenience to your husband ...

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

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

Eventually Mackay drove Ralph and Elsie place ... Elsie sat alone in the backrest of their very nice Buick ... Ralph talked constantly, most of which was intelligible ... He had had a not bad time this night and was thankful for Mackay-s assist ...

When they got to Ralph and Elsie-s dwelling 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 drunkard in his career ; Ralph was a felicitous drunk ... There were no problems, early than his weightiness ...
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Elsie was in the kitchen making umber ...
-- - 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 very much do you think it will be Mackay ... ?

-- - About $ 30 Elsie.

... ... She dug into her handbag and came out with $ 40 ...
-- - This is all I have Mackay ... I guess it will cause 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 exculpation to verbalize with you again ... I enjoyed our conversations tonight.
... ... Mackay could see her typeface beaming with pride ...

-- - Ok she said, but call up ahead to be indisputable 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 see with her once a week usually, sometimes not if his job got in the way ... Ralph was well-chosen that Elsie had a Quaker ... Ralph like the estimate of a man stopping in randomly ... He liked the security broker ... The three became very close. Mackay even got them tickets to a distich of dance he served at ... including some for their booster ..., the Maloney-s.

Of class, the question of Mackay-s personnel 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 frequence ... Christmas came and went with gifts and invitations exchanged ...

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