234 LORD M-—— AND HIS BABOON. 
property entailed upon the latter in Gloucestershire. 
The Yorkshire estate fell into the hands of a near 
relative of Lady Louisa’s mother, and by one of those 
coincidences which we sometimes observe and marvel 
at in human affairs, the young lady received an invi- 
tation to spend the summer of 17** there, with a 
view to the restoration of her health ;—her mother 
was too well aware of a contrary result, and tried to 
dissuade her, but in vain, from accepting it ;—the 
unhappy Louisa had reserved to herself but one hope 
in the desolateness of heart into which she had been 
plunged,—the hope to regain the scene of all her for- 
mer happiness,—and to die there ! 
She had already spent a month in Yorkshire, when 
one evening she strolled to the foot of the lawn, and 
turned into a meadow, which she had often paced 
arm-in-arm with him, who was to her the principle 
of life and joy. The sun was setting in his calmest 
beauty; she could have wished her spirit at that 
moment as evanescent as his beams! But she was 
satisfied to. know that ere long that desire would be 
accomplished. She had been for some time alone, 
but at length an old man with white hair, and lean- 
ing on a staff, appreached her: notwithstanding his 
age, his eyes ran over with tears as he contemplated 
her. 
“Alas!” said he, “ Lady Louisa has reason to 
weep, as well as the old man who ventures before 
her! Do not start,” he continued ; “ in me you will 
recollect the aged attendant on Lord M——, whose 
