THE PRESIDENCY: The Coolidge Week: Dec. 26, 1927

¶An old man, longing for his lost youth, sold his soul to the Devil. The Devil rejuvenated the old man and helped him seduce a young girl. Deserted and with child, the girl took refuge in a cathedral, where demons drove her mad. She killed her child and went to prison. There the young-old man visited her again. Taking refuge in prayer, she saved her own soul from the Devil. Angels came and rejoiced. Her seducer, young no more, had to go to Hell to pay the Devil's bargain. . . . President...

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