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 company Elsie.

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

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

Elsie laughs ;
-- - Good 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 elderberry bush ... I had you figured for fifty-ish.

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

-- - FORTY ! ... 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 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 drinks ..., excusing himself when he needs to utter with someone else about their beverage.

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

Elsie looks at his gens tag ;
-- -- MacKay, is that a offset name for live on name ?

-- -- initiatory ...., its Mackay Morrison ma lady ... [ Mackay arc ... ]

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

-- - How about this Elsie ; [ Mackay deepens, his articulation ... ]
-- -- -- -- -- -- 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 meddling 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 drunkenness ... he carries on very well with everyone she notices ... Soon Mackay leaves his post and comeback 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 ordure ...
-- -- This is different from what I imagined Mackay ...

-- -- Would you like something else to drink ? 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 particular I serve to ennoble ladies such as yourself.

Elsie sits quietly as Mackay serves several more citizenry 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 for awhile. Elsie excuses herself and fit up on Ralph ... He is sloshed, again, and seem-s to have attracted a few acquaintance, also sloshed ...

This is not Elsie-s tantrum so she migrates back to Mackay ... eventually Mackay has a prison-breaking from mixology ...

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

-- - Looking for extrusion dear gentlewoman ...

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

-- -- If you do not stimulate bumpy knee joint then it-s not arthritis, so it must be rust ... he says. straight person faced.

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

Mackay smiles at Elsie, winking at the Lapplander time.
She looks at him sternly ;
-- -- -- -- -- -- You are a pathetic Mackay ... [ Then, matter 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 question and feigns kissing Elsie-s genu. She turns quickly from him.
-- - Mackay, what are you up to ?

-- - Kissing your overnice knees Elsie ...

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

Mackay feigns kissing her knees again. Elsie cut her legs out of the way quickly ; letting out a flimsy squeal ..., like a little girl.

Elsie looks at Mackay ... He stands up, oculus sparkling, with a very sassy 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 Sir Thomas More times ... 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 home ... serves him right ... he will have to cab it back in the daybreak ... it-s going to cost him a pretty penny ...

-- - In which focus do you inhabit in Elsie ... ? I have a licence but no vehicle ...

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

Elsie agreed to that. They talked for awhile .... Mackay-s client dwindled to a dribble as the night became early dawn ... 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 Bronx cheer. Elsie became a fiddling tipsy and that changed her deportment considerably ... they joked quite allot ...

Eventually Mackay drove Ralph and Elsie home ... Elsie sat alone in the cover of their very nice Buick ... Ralph talked constantly, to the highest degree of which was intelligible ... He had had a great time this night and was thankful for Mackay-s help ...

When they got to Ralph and Elsie-s home it was nearly 2:30AM ... Mackay helped Ralph into the household ... He fell on his bed and stayed there, snoring loudly in minutes ... completely dressed ... shoes and all ...
Mackay had dealt with legion wino in his life history ; Ralph was a glad drunk ... There were no problems, other than his weight ...
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Elsie was in the kitchen making coffee ...
-- - I like a coffee berry 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 give 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 excuse to talk with you again ... I enjoyed our conversations tonight.
... ... Mackay could see her fount beaming with pridefulness ...

-- - Ok she said, but call ahead to be sure as shooting 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 week usually, sometimes not if his job got in the way ... Ralph was well-chosen that Elsie had a admirer ... Ralph like the thought of a man stopping in randomly ... He liked the security ingredient ... The three became very close. Mackay even got them tickets to a pair of saltation he served at ... including some for their supporter ..., the Maloney-s.

Of course, the query of Mackay-s personnel department aliveness 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 life is perfect.

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

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