A brother, to whom he was much attached, died in his youth, and this, as I have heard, influenced, in some remarkable way, the fate of my grandfather; but I am unacquainted with particulars." "On the death of that brother," resumed my friend, "my father was seized with dejection, which was found to flow from two sources.

He not only grieved for the loss of a friend, but entertained the belief that his own death would be inevitably consequent on that of his brother.

He waited from day to day in expectation of the stroke which he predicted was speedily to fall upon him.

Gradually, however, he recovered his cheerfulness and confidence.

He married, and performed his part in the world with spirit and activity.