The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-02-29

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over yeur panic apprehensious. ls5
As Mrs. Linn passed up stairs, she met the
andlady. -..-..'-z-- =.
How is DR. Linni she asked, snziously.
| siVery well. believe, was theSfeply; he
took bath about an hour ago, and dare say
is sound asleep by this time. General Jonos
said he was doing extremely WelL'
= The General is with him, is be notP
80 believe not. I think / saw him pass out
about an hour ago. ,issss sss1s
In measure re assured, Mrs. Linn FASTENED
to her husbands bed chamber, the door of
which was closed. AS she opened il, dense
smoke burst upon her, AID iu sucta sitting
quantity that she staggered andofeH on the
threshold. Recovering herself, after a few
seconds, she rushed into the room. The Dol.
ster was on FIRE. and the feathers burned with
brisht glow and a suffocating odor. She
threw herself upon the bed; but the fire, half.
smothered till that moment, was famed BY
the draught from the open door, and kindling
into sudden flame, caught her light dress,
which was 10 bl ze iu7 an instant. At the
same moment her eye fell on q large bath tab,
that had been qsed BY her husband. She
sprang into it, extiuguished her burning dress,
then returning to the bed, she caught up the
pillow and sheet that was on fre, ascorching
her arms in so doing, and plunged both into
the water. Finally, exerting her utu eut
strength. che drew from the bed her insensible
husband. 1t was5onlyl then that she called to
the people of the house for aid asdv
z DR. SeweH was instantly summoned, but il
was full half an hour before the sufferer gave
any signs Whatever of returning animation.-
He did not leave his bed for neariea week,
and it was three months before he entirely re.
covered from the effects Of this accident.
. How fortunate it was. said DR.. ,Sswell to
Mrs Linn, that you arrived at the very mo.
ment you did,. Five minutes 7more-nay,
three miuutes, and in siI human probability
you would never have seen your husband alive
again. - '15zA - 's21.i
Mr., Wright called as be promised, the next
morning - - q -, ~.
81 We'll, Mrs. Linn said he, smiling. you
have found out, by this time, how foolish that
strange ptesentiment of yours was
- Come mp stairs she replied.
And she led him, to his friend, scarcely yet
able to speak; and then showed him the re.
mains OF the half consumed bolster, and par
tally burned linen. Whether the sight chang.
ed bis opinion on the subject OF present..
nents. cannot tell, but he turned pale as q
corpse, Mrs. Linn said and did not utter q
word. - a-a5i3a E-a74 a5 0. 20 BIS
had all the above particulars from Mrs.
Linn herself. together with the permission to
publish them in illustration of the subject
i'm treating, attested by dates and names.
There is one point in connection With the
'boye narrative, which is worthy of special
In case we admit that Mira.
ainns irresistible impulse to leave the dinner
able was spiritual impression, the question
emains, was it a warning of evil then existing
'r was it q presentimeut of evil that was still
o arise In other words, was it in its char.
'cter only clairvoyant, or was IL in its nature
iearIy prepheticf .. s3AsL iit5
The Impression was distinctly produced On
Ars. Linns mind as that lady told me, at least
alf an hour before it became SO urgent as to
ompel her to leave the entertainment. When
he did leave, as the carriages we're not or.
Iered till eleven o'clock, and no hackney coach
vas at hand, she and Mrs Wright, as she fur.
her stated to me, returned on foot. The dis.
ance being a mile and a half, they Were fully
lalf an hour in walking it, It follows that
Mrs. Linn was impressed to return more than
'nahour before she opened the door of the
,ed ROOM. ysa2uoTedi bas Z.4mg
Now. it is highly improbable that the are
hould have caught, or that anything should
AVE happened, likely to lead tosit, in the bed.
oom, as niuch as an hour, or even half an
lour previous to Mrs, Linnis arrival, But if
'et if, at the moment Mrs Linn vas irst i'm.
'ressed, no condition of things existed which,
o human perceptions, could indicate danger,
hen, unless We refer the whole to chance co.
incidence, the case is one involving not only
'arning presentimentbut aprOphetic instinct.
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