'THE THIEF IN THE TANYARD.'
Historical. The facts and the words of the speakers are taken almost verbatim from Pike's 'Historical Anecdotes.' I have only supplied the setting for the story.
'HOW A FRENCH NOBLE BECAME A FRIEND.'
Entirely historical. All the facts are taken from the Autobiography of Stephen Grellet.
'PREACHING TO NOBODY.'
This story is not to be found in Stephen Grellet's Autobiography. It appeared in 'The American Friend,' November 1895, and is now included in the penny 'Life of Stephen Grellet' in the Friends Ancient and Modern Series. The actual words of Stephen Grellet's sermon have not been recorded. Those in the text are expanded from a sentence in another discourse of his, given here in quotation marks. The incident of the cracked mug is not historical.