Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-04-26
Saved by His Wife.

A letter from Washington in the Phila-
delphia Times, says: LET there be a
truce to the present and the recent past, F"
exclaimed one of a small company lately
assembled in one of the old mansions of
Washington. "Who of us can go back
fifty yearsT' The suggestion was agreed
to- more, however, by the turn which
the question gave to the conversation
than by formal vote.
cit may not have been fifty years ago,"
said a gentleman whose years did not
seem to warrant the belief that he was in
active life much longer than fifty years
ago, "and it may have been longer when
DIR. Linn was the colleague of Col. Ben
ton in the United States Senate. I was
reminded by a chance circumstance only
few days ago of an incident in which
he and Mrs. Linn played part. She,
like her husband, was great faVorite for
many years in Washington society, and
deservedly so-not more on account of
her personal attractions than her intel
lectual qualities. On the occasion when
the incident to which l have referred oc-
CURED, Senator and Mrs. Linn were to be
the guests at a formal dinner by the Pres
ident at the White House. Early in the
evening DR.. Linn, feeling somewhat i'll,
concluded to remain in his lodgings.
Mr.. Webster calling at the moment, he
was requested to escort Mrs. Linn and
convey to the President his regret at not
being able to be one of his guests At
the proper hour Mrs Linn, escorted by
Mr.. Webster, was conveyed in her car
rage to the White House. The company
had not been long seated at the table
when Mrs. Linn remarked to Mr.. Web
ster, by whose side she was seated, that
she feared she had not done right in
leaving the doctor, and that she felt an
inclination, if she could do so without
marring the occasion, to return to her
hotel. Mr. Webster made some Observa-
ton designed to dissuade her from depart
ing then, saying that if she felt so
disposed she could leave at an earlier
hour than the rest of the company.
so strongly did the impulse to go
grow on her that soon after she made it
known to Mr.. Webster, so urgent was
she that he did as she requested and
quietly made known to the President her
wishes. Mr.. Webster accompanied her
to the carriage and at her request re-
turned to the table. Her instruction to
the driver was to proceed rapidly to her
home, and twice on the way she enjoined
him to drive faster. Arriving at the spot
without waiting for the groom to open
the carriage door she in the quickest
manner opened it herself and sprang to
the room where she had left her husband.
AS she entered she beheld her husband
on the bed and the clothing in flames.
A moment more would have been too
late. DR.. Linn was in stupor, and in
some manner, which was never perfectly
explained, the bed-clothes had taken fire.
He was i'll for a number of days. His
life was saved apparently through his
wife's presentiment, which think was as
remarkable as any on record. Mrs. Linn
related the facts to Mr.. Webster, in my
presence, on his calling the next morning.
His observations after Mrs. Linn had
finished the narration of her first impulse
to leave the Presidents table, her struggle
to repress it, the growth of the PRESENT.
ment till it Overmastered her, the ride
homeward, her anxiety for greater haste,
her bursting into the room, her husbands
danger and rescue-tO which Mr.. Web
ster listened with absorbing attention
were characteristic of the man-solemn
and impressive beyond my ability to re-
peat"