An account

I walked into Folthorp's Library to read the papers; and, as usual, ran my eye down the births, marriages, and deaths in the Times. As I came to the obituary the following notice caught my sight :— ' On Tuesday night, November 11th, John E. Dowdswell, of Pull Court, Tewkesbury.' \W& have verified this notice in the Times for November 13th, 1851. The name is Dowdeswell.] So that probably, on the self-same night, at the very time when this gentleman's name and residence were so unaccountably and painfully present to my mind he was actually dying. [This last expression is misleading, as the death did not take place till the following night.] Mr. Myers says : — I have siDoken to the Misses Smith as to this occurrence, which they distinctly remember. They were slightly acquainted with Mr. Dowdeswell, but Mr. Young was a stranger to him entirely. 1 I don't assert this. — J. A. E. brother and his wife were engaged to a dinner-party at the house of a gentleman, whose name, I. believe, was Whetstone. Before they left the drawing-room for the dining-room, his host said to my brother, ' Have you heard the sad news from London ? ' He said, ' No, what is it ? ' He replied, ' The Thames Tunnel has broken in. All the people in the works escaped, except one poor fellow who was overwhelmed.' ^ My brother thought that his wife might have told their host, and that they would rally him out of his depression. But on looking at her, the look of astonishment quite precluded this notion. He asked his host if he were joking, at which he was much surprised, and asked how a joke could possibly be elicited from such an occurrence. My brother then said, ' I saw it happen, just as you have related it, so my wife will assure you, and I am yet suffering from the exhaustion and depression produced.' He then told the company what I have related above. I heard the whole relation both from him [by letter at the time, and viva voce some weeks afterwards] and his wife [both now dead], and many of our friends were acquainted with the history.