Just a Few Friends (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Excerpt from Just a Few Friends

N 7 hen I was young and heard old people repeat over and over again, the stories we were all so weary of hearing, I used to say: When senility overtakes me, it is to be hoped some one will point out that this tale has been narrated once or twice before, and I made a resolution never to talk of anything that happened longer ago than the day before yesterday. That resolution has been fairly well kept until recently, when some of my relatives have encouraged me to rake over the embers of dead fires, and blow a flickering, momentary blaze from the expiring coals. Therefore, if this book is a bore, don't blame me, blame the family whose ancestors are my theme. I have begged assistance from various members of the clan, but all decline, so I am obliged to shine for all, like Billy the shoe-black.

In beginning the story of my much respected ancestors, I am at a loss for the proper name to bestow on them. I do not like the word Quakers, nor do I exactly like Friends.

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