Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-05-14
D. c., SATURDAY, MAY IA, 1853
DAILY EVENING STAR.
OUR NEW ORGAN IN CHURCH.
TConcluded. I

up in the church | shall not ATTEMPT
to describe the excitement which prevailed
IN Westwerwick that day those only who
understand the life of small country places,
and who know the immense sensation
produced there by the merest trife, the
smallest break in the ordinary monotony,
can have any idea of it. 1t has been for
some weeks the chief subject of conversation
at every tea-party; we rushed about to each
others houses to consult about every little
circumstance regardingit. All our thoughts
seem to bear some reference to the all alb
sorbing topic. [ met the doctors wife on
the day on which it was to leave Newcastle
"Fine weather this for the organ :" she
said
1t came to us the next morning. Man,
woman and child turned out to see the wag-
on in which it was conveyed pass down the
street; and all the remainder of the day,
while.it was in the course of erection, you
would have thought some high festival was
celebrating in the church, from the numbers
that thronged merely to gaze at the organ.
There was to be tea-party that night at
parsonage, to talk over the organ, and ar
range about the choir
had seen Ellen Moore in the morning:
fancied she looked anxious and excited:
but as she said nothing, L thought 1 might
have been mistaken. She was to come for
me in the evening, that we might 60 togeth-
ter to the parsonage; and [ saw then that
she was excited, for there was bright spot
on each cheek, her eyes shown anxiously,
and [ could feel, as her hand rested on my
arm, that it trembled. ssDear Ellen % [
said involuntarily.
ooh, Madeline! !" she cried: "I think of
so many things. I wonder how we shall
meet. My heart fails.''
We are now at the parsonage, and hur-
ried into the drawing room, for Ellen looked
very pale, and I thought delay was only
making matters worse The Selbys were
already come. They all rose and advanced
step as we entered the room, then stopped
half doubtingly. At last Julia, who was al
ways the most self f-possessed of the three,
said in friendly voice, and holding out her
hand: "How do you do, Miss Moore p
- then suddenly stopped, seeing how
much Ellen was agitated, and how deadly
pale she had become
"Ellen is thinking of past times. Are
you not, dear Ellen ?" cried Kitty, affect
ionately. And in moment the girls were
in each others arms, and all three sobbing
together. At last Kitty was able to say:
i" But here is another old friend of yours.
Ellen, and he has not forgotten you, 1 know,
any more than Julia and have''
Ellen, now coloring and smiling through
her tears, held out her hand to Robert.
saw the young mans eyes sparkle with
pleasure as she said: Robert too!''
eyes, Ellen, we have never forgotten
you. We constantly spoke Of you, and tried
to hope you had not forgotten u.s.
Then Ellen sat down between Robert and
Kitty, and they talked together of old days
and old scenes; and as they spoke, Ellen's
winning smile and gentle gaiety returned,
and Robert became more and more anima-
ted. Robert Selby was pleasant, manly
looking man, with an intelligent, happy
face, which mirrored truthfully all his feel
ings. 1 could see at glance that be was
charmed with Ellen, and she, too, looked
unusually happy in her gentle way. As
had early began to anticipate, there was not
as much said about the organ as the occa-
sion might have seemed to demand. How
ever, it was arranged that we were to meet
in the church three times a week to practice.
Robert was to lead the choir, for he had q
fine voice.
Weeks and months passed on-the church
music prospered. Ellen was first-rate
and when she was prevented
from officiating, | supplied her place. No.
thing could exceed the friendship of Ellen
and the Selbys. sometimes, indeed, sus-
pected that between some members of the
party warmer sentiment than friendship