Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 139, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1914 — HE'D DONE ENOUGH. [ARTICLE]

HE' D DONE ENOUGH.

Was Not Pleased that Greatness Should be Thrust Upon Him. In a western Kentucky town Ben Watson had saved the life of Myra Underhill. Miss Underhill had been overturned in a creek with a swift current, and the act of young Watson was a very heroic one. He had saved the life of the girl after she was sinking for the third time, and had barely strength to pull himself and the young woman to shallow water. The news soon spread, and Ben Watson was hailed as the real, live hero of the-village. Aunt Tabby Wilson, the oldest woman In the village, the mother of the little colony, was loud in praise of the heroism of the young man, and at once declared that Ben and Myra must get married. “Ben saved Myra’s ftfe,” she said, “and now they must marry and be happy every afterward, just as they do it in the story books.” But Ben demurred; the arrangement did not suit him. “Why not marry Myra, Ben?” said the old lady. “She Is yours, and we must have a wedding.” “She is a nice girl, all right,” replied Ben, “but I don’t think we oughter marry. Seems to me,” he went on, “I have done enough for Myra.”