were accustomed to speak of Mrs. Harrison Winthrop Coolidge, had long ago
proved her right to do whatever she chose, by always accomplishing
whatever she attempted. She had done so many startling things, and
always with such dashing success, since Governor Coolidge had brought
her, a bride, to the old town, that people had become accustomed to her,
just as they had grown used to the climate, and expected her deeds of
daring as unthinkingly as they did cool breezes in summer, or sunshine in
winter. Besides, everybody liked her; for she had both the charm which
makes new friends and the tact which holds them loyal.

When, finally, Colonel Kate brought an Indian girl from the pueblo of
Acoma and made it known that she intended her _protégée_ to grace the
innermost circles of Santa Fé society, it is possible that some of the
Select may have shrugged their shoulders a trifle; but, if they did, they
were careful to have no witnesses. For Governor Coolidge was the
richest, the most influential, and the most prominent American in New
Mexico, and his wife could make and unmake social circles as she chose.
The Santa Fé _Blast_, which was the organ of the Governor's party,
announced the event as follows:

"Mrs. Governor Coolidge and guests returned yesterday from a trip to
Acoma. As always, Mrs. Coolidge was the life of the party and charmed
all by her wit and beauty and vivacity. . . . She even persuaded old
Ambrosio, the grizzled civil chief of the pueblo, to entrust to her care
his most precious treasure, his lovely and charming daughter, Miss
Barbara Koitza. This beautiful and talented young lady, whom Mrs.
Coolidge has installed as a friend and guest in her hospitable and
interesting home, where she is soon to be introduced to Santa Fé society,
is as cultured as she is handsome. She has spent a year in the Indian
school at Albuquerque and two years at Carlyle, and is well fitted to