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Yet this appeared a matter of minor importance, his real task being to learn the condition of the Steven Coolidge estate, and whether or not, Percival had administered it justly. Once satisfied upon that point, he would know better what further steps to take. His whole mind had unconsciously centred upon a distrust of the man.
Coolidge, I said, and stuck out my hand, as soon as I could speak. 'You 're a regular captain! No, you 're bigger than that you 're a colonel! Shake, and let's be friends! "Well, I just thought it would be a shame to drive a woman with as much pluck and sabe as that back East to live.
Through this emancipation from the things that are material, we broaden our dominion over the things that are spiritual. State of the Union Address Calvin Coolidge December 6, 1927 Members of the Congress: It is gratifying to report that for the fourth consecutive year the state of the Union in general is good. We are at peace. The country as a whole has had a prosperity never exceeded.
"How old was Miss Coolidge when her father died?" "She must have been seventeen, sir." "And since then Percival Coolidge had full charge of the estate?" "Practically, yes, sir; there was another trustee, but he died; and then, as I understand, Miss Natalie had some funds of her own." West took a cigar from his pocket, and lit it.
In token of the love and reverence which all the people bore him, I urge that the national and state flags be flown at half-mast throughout the Commonwealth until after his funeral, and that, when next the people gather for public worship, his loss be marked with proper ceremony. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts By His Excellency Calvin Coolidge, Governor
"Certainly not," the younger man said heartily, "I shall be very comfortable; don't bother about me." He had a distinct impression that Coolidge did not desire his company any further, yet this suspicion aroused no resentment. This was a matter with which he was in no way concerned, and the only interest he felt was strictly impersonal.
It was written in 1825, nearly fifty years after the Declaration was signed, about midway between that glorious period and the Centennial. It is as follows: "Thomas Jefferson gives this writing-desk to Joseph Coolidge, Jr., as a memorial of affection. It was made from a drawing of his own by Benj.
But possibly there was a quicker way to learn their purpose than by thus seeking to find either. If it was the Coolidge fortune which was at stake, why not endeavour to learn in whose trust it was being held, and what steps were being taken to safe-guard it?
Coolidge, two or three weeks after it happened and the first time I 'd seen her since. She was lively and cordial, as she always was, and is; but as I shook hands with her and looked her in the eyes she suddenly dropped her eyelids, and a queer expression crossed her face. She had hold of herself again in a second and was looking at me and smiling and talking. But that second was enough.
Stray shots continued for some time, and, as all the attention of officers and men was concentrated on the front, a man called attention of Lieutenant Coolidge to the fact that he had seen the heads of a few Indians moving down one of the gulches in the rear of the extreme right. This proved to be the rear guard of Joseph's outfit. The wily savage had outwitted the troops.
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