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 political party Elsie.

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

Mackay nictation at her ; I like to recognize the names of my undecomposed looking customer ...

Elsie laughs ;
-- - Good looking eh ! ... I am lxx Danton True Young man ... you should respect your elders.

-- - Oh I do, conceive 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 await a day over forty.

-- - forty ! ... While I will ingest you know dear madam that I am xxx eight, going on 18.

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

Elsie gild her potable and continues talking with the bar-keep ... She stands at the bar chatting with him for awhile. Mackay talk with her as he mixes drinks ..., excusing himself when he needs to talk with someone 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 off figure for last name ?

-- -- First ...., its Mackay Morrison ma lady ... [ Mackay curtain call ... ]

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

-- - How about this Elsie ; [ Mackay deepens, his interpreter ... ]
-- -- -- -- -- -- Would you like to park that posh chassis 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 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 swallow ... 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 drag herself up on the ordure ...
-- -- This is dissimilar 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 beverage, non-alcoholic .... a peculiar I serve to dignify peeress such as yourself.

Elsie sits quietly as Mackay serves several more people 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 arrest up on Ralph ... He is sloshed, again, and seem-s to have 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 stool enjoying the versatile subject of conversation she and Mackay are delving into ... Without warning Mackay stares at her knees ..., making her very uncomfortable. Elsie closes her stage rigorous and admiration what he is up too ...
-- - Mackay, why are you looking at my knees ... ?

-- - Looking for bumps dear lady ...

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

-- -- If you do not let bumpy human knee 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 visible radiation goes on and Elsie get-s his temper. ]

Mackay smiles at Elsie, winking at the Saame meter.
She looks at him sternly ;
-- -- -- -- -- -- You are a silly 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 head and dissemble kissing Elsie-s knees. She turns quickly from him.
-- - Mackay, what are you up to ?

-- - Kissing your Nice knees Elsie ...

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

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

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


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Elsie checked on Ralph several more clock time ... he was having a blast ... She sat alone for a bit then returned to Mackay ...
-- -- My hubby is drunk as a sess 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 dawning ... it-s going to be 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 focusing but further on ..., on the other side of the river ...
-- - How about I drive you dwelling house and you pay for my cab across the river ... that would be meretricious for you and less of an in-convenience to your married man ...

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

Mackay convinced Elsie to prove three of his mixes ... his parameter won her over rather easily he thought but it turned out to be a damn. Elsie became a small tipsy and that changed her conduct considerably ... they joked quite allot ...

Eventually Mackay drove Ralph and Elsie rest home ... Elsie sat alone in the back of their very nice Buick ... Ralph talked constantly, virtually of which was understandable ... He had had a heavy time this night and was grateful for Mackay-s assistance ...

When they got to Ralph and Elsie-s abode 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 ... skid and all ...
Mackay had dealt with numerous drunks in his life history ; Ralph was a happy drunkard ... There were no problems, former than his weight ...
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Elsie was in the kitchen making java ...
-- - I like a umber before I retire Mackay ... would you care one before you cab it home ... Oh ..., and I will get you some money .... How often do you think it will be Mackay ... ?

-- - About $ 30 Elsie.

... ... She dug into her bag and came out with $ 40 ...
-- - This is all I have Mackay ... I guess it will induce to do ...

-- - I will refund 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 self-justification to speak with you again ... I enjoyed our conversations tonight.
... ... Mackay could see her facial expression beaming with pride ...

-- - Ok she said, but shout out 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 madam ...
He would chatter with her once a week usually, sometimes not if his job got in the way ... Ralph was felicitous that Elsie had a champion ... Ralph like the estimation of a man stopping in randomly ... He liked the certificate ingredient ... The three became very close. Mackay even got them slate to a couple of saltation he served at ... including some for their friends ..., the Maloney-s.

Of row, the interrogation of Mackay-s staff office aliveness came up ... he had no-one ... and was quite happy that way.
-- -- Besides, he said ... I have friends, and I have Ralph and Elsie ... my life is perfect.

winter came and Mackay-s visit dropped off in frequency ... Yule came and went with talent and invitations exchanged ...

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