"I'm glad to know you, and Ev and I will have another drink, possibly several more," answered Pearl, displaying her best smile.
"Say, Sister, you're dern good looking. I'd like to see more of you," said Joe, as he poured more whiskey, and leaned over the bar and patted Pearl on the arm. "I'm O. K. You ask Ev if I ain't. How about it, Ev?"
"I'll say you're O. K., Joe, and you've spent many a dollar on me, but Jees, you're seventy years old if you're a day. Don't you ever get too old for this sort of thing?"
"You'll have to ask somebody older than I am," answered Joe.
"Don't let her kid you, Joe," smiled Pearl, "You and I will get together real soon, how's that?"
"Here, here, here—you two, let's don't have an exhibition on such short notice. We gotta be moving along. We got a lot of hard drinking to do tonight, as well as a few dollars to earn."
"Oh, Ev, don't be in no hurry. You and Pearl have another drink on the house."
"Well—I guess we better have another little one before we go, eh, Pearl?"
"Sure, Ev. I'd as soon get lit here with Joe, as later. Makes no difference by me."