““This seat taken?” Pillsbury sallied up to Chantilly, draping his piggy bank–tattooed arm around her, followed by a kiss on the cheek. He and I exchanged pleasantries, but the lovebirds were soon lost in their own little world, leaving me to come up with a tactful way to accuse Archie Lee of knocking off Scumbucket and framing Mamma. Archie Lee had the looks and temperament of Danny DeVito, making him one popular barkeep . . . usually. Heard tell the flipside was Archie Lee provoked. “So,” I sa...id over the din as Archie Lee refilled my bowl of boiled peanuts. “The election’s looking pretty good for you with Seymour and Summerside out of the way.” “Need another beer?” “How do you like campaigning?” A barmaid called out an order, and Archie pulled the spigot on two beers, foam running over the top and dripping down the side. “We don’t serve champagne here. We’re a beer and whiskey joint,” Archie yelled back to me and handed off the mugs to the waitress as another patron elbowed in with an order for three Black and Blues, another one of those burnt tar drinks.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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