The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-10-10
She JUST GIGGLED
BY JOHN DARLING.

Sarah Cox, farmers daughter, had
one trait to distinguish her. from q
score of other farmers daughters. She
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 glggling. When one
comes across a girl or a woman that
filters and giggles, the inference is
that she was born to see the hr NOR
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. If
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 6e ashamed of herself,
and she giggled about that
There were various predictionss 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 a 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?"
mo" (Giggle.)
Seeing that water makes me
thirsty Dye mind giving me a drink?"
Sarah filled the dipper and handed
1t to him with a litter for a change
of program
You hain't 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.
The man walked down to the corn
neld where the farmer was laying up
backaches for himself
Say, want to sell you a wind.
mill"
1t can't be did," was the reply.
"But it can"
Then I'll have to be a 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 thing as hain't happened
yet"
Look here, Mr. Cox" said the 9TH
er In 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. should say
she was good worker"
yep, Sarah is a hustler"
And she's got a mighty taking way
of laughing. like it. woman that
laughs won't kick and Jaw. and the
home will always be peaceful"
Il reckon that's so. mister" mused
the farmer. you've been married
man. mebbe, and are a widower now?"
"Noap! Never got married Never
saw a woman to please me till saw
your gal few minutes ago. She Jest
fills the bill. Any objections to my be-
coming your son-in-law and selling you
windmill at 80 per cent. below regu-
lar prices?"
Guess we'd better go up to the
house and talk with ma and Sarah
about it."