The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-10-03
She JUST GIGGLED
BY JOHN DARLING.

| was plaln-lOoklng GIRL Sne WORKED
hard; she attended district school in
the winter; she had a rather harsh
| voice and no ear for music.
Sarah had no ideals. What the fu.
ture held for her she neither knew
nor seemed to care. Her one distin-
guished trait was giggling. When one
comes across a girl or woman that
filters and giggles, the inference Is
that she was born to see the humor-
GUS side Of things and is easy to get
along with. But Sarah Cox was neither
extra good-natured nor did she giggle
because she saw the point of the joke.
AS often as not there was no joke. II
her mother told her to go up stairs
and make the beds or she would get
her ears cuffed she giggled just as
heartily as If she had seen a United
States senator strike a banana skin
and go rolling.
On an occasion Sarah's father was
leading a bull across the field. The
bull turned and tossed him sky high
and broke large assortment Of ribs.
Sarah was at hand and she giggled
She rode horse bareback for three
miles to get the doctor, and she gig
gled all the way. The doctor told her
she ought to be ashamed of herself,
and she giggled about that
There were various predictions OF
what sort of sad end Sarah Cox would
come to, but she went ON giggling and
beat the whole crowd to a stand-still
She was twenty years old and had
never had beau and didn't want one,
when man came along selling wind
mills. Sarah was drawing water at
the well and giggling when he came
into the yard and asked for her father.
"Out there" she answered as she
pointed to the corn field and giggled.
Ever have a Windmill here?"
mo"
Anybody been along to talk to your
father about one?"
No" (Giggle.)
Seeing that water makes me
thirstye Dye mind giving me drink"
Sarah filled the dipper and handed
it to him with a litter for a change
of program.
you haint engaged to be married, |
reckon?" tentatively queried the agent
as he finished drinking and poured out
the remainder of the water.
Sarah put her finger in her mouth
and then removed 1t to giggle.
Tho to hn
field where the farmer was laying up
backaches for himself.
Say, l want to sell you a wind
mill"
1T can't be did," was the reply.
But it can"
Then I'll have to be hundred
years paying for it."
Guess not AS your son-in-law
can about give you one"
The farmer hoed two hills of corn
and then leaned on his hoe and said
That's a thing as haint happened
yet"
Look here, Mr.. Cox" said the 9TH
er In a brisk way. I'm a business
man. I'm right up and down and no
fooling time away. I've seen your
daughter"
"Wall?"
She's good to look at. l should say
she was a good worker"
yep, Sarah is a hustler"
And she's got a mighty taking way
of laughing. like 1t. A woman that
laughs won't kick and jaw, and the
home will always be peaceful"
81 reckon that's so, mister" unused
the farmer You've been a married
man, mebbe, and are a widower now?"
"Noap! Never got married. Never
saw a woman to please me till l saw
your gal few minutes ago. She jest
fills the bill. Any objections to my be-
coming your son-in-law and selling you
a windmill at so per cent below regu-
lar prices?"
Guess we'd better go up to the
house and talk with ma and Sarah
about It,"
The hoe was hung on the top rail of
the fence and the two went to the
house. Sarah met them with a giggle.
but her mother said to the husband
Look ere, Moses, you are not going
to buy any wind-mills of this Teller,
and there's no use of wasting time
over 1t.
I'VE will first talk about marriage
and then get down to wind.mills," an
swered the agent my name is Drew.
| own house and lot in Raisinville,
and farm in that county I'm a sin
gle man, good-natured and good pro-
WIDER, and / want to marry Sarah"
Good Lord. but what for!" ex-
claimed the mother.
Sarah giggled.
Because I've fell in love with her."
Sarah Uttered.
But it's mighty sudden"
Yes, but I'm a mighty sudden man
always was. / either make a sale
of windmill within fifteen minutes
or pass on"
Sarah giggled.
He says If he and Sarah gets mar
ried can have windmill at half
price," urged the father.
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