diff options
Diffstat (limited to '39080.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | 39080.txt | 767 |
1 files changed, 767 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/39080.txt b/39080.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1739964 --- /dev/null +++ b/39080.txt @@ -0,0 +1,767 @@ +Project Gutenberg's My Mother's Gold Ring Founded on Fact, by Lucius Sargent + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license + + +Title: My Mother's Gold Ring Founded on Fact + Eighth Edition + +Author: Lucius Sargent + +Release Date: March 8, 2012 [EBook #39080] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MY MOTHER'S GOLD RING *** + + + + +Produced by David Edwards, Paul Clark and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This +file was produced from images generously made available +by The Internet Archive) + + + + + + + Transcriber's Note: + + Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as + possible, including inconsistencies in spelling and hyphenation. + + Italic text has been marked with _underscores_. + Bold text has been marked with =equals signs=. + + + +[Illustration: cover] + + Number One. + + MY MOTHER'S GOLD RING. + + FOUNDED ON FACT. + + Eighth Edition. + + Boston: + PUBLISHED BY FORD AND DAMRELL. + 1833. + + Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1833, by + FORD AND DAMRELL, + In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts. + + + + +TO THE READER. + + +This is the first of a series of stories, of which it possibly may be +the beginning and the end. The incident, which is the foundation of the +following tale, was communicated to the writer, by a valued friend, as a +fact, with the name of the principal character. Another friend, to whom +the manuscript was given, perceiving some advantage in its publication, +has thought proper to give it to the world, as Number One; from which I +infer, that I am expected to write a Number Two. The hint may be worth +taking, at some leisure moment. In the mean time, pray read Number One: +it can do you no harm: there is nothing "_sectarian_" about it. When you +have read it, if, among all your connexions and friends, you can think +of none, whom its perusal may possibly benefit--and it will be strange +if you cannot--do me the favor to present it to the first little boy +that you meet. He will, no doubt, take it home to his mother or his +father. If you will not do this, throw it in the street, as near to some +dram-seller's door, as you ever venture to go: let it take the course of +the flying seed, which God is pleased to entrust to the keeping of the +winds: it may yet spring up and bear fruit, if such be the will of Him, +who giveth the increase. + + + + +THE GOLD RING. + + +I have one of the kindest husbands: he is a carpenter by trade, and our +flock of little children has one of the kindest fathers in the county. I +was thought the luckiest girl in the parish, when G---- T---- made me +his wife: I thought so myself. Our wedding-day--and it was a happy +one--was but an indifferent sample of those days of rational happiness +and uninterrupted harmony, which we were permitted to enjoy together, +for the space of six years. And although, for the last three years of +our lives, we have been as happy as we were at the beginning, it makes +my heart sick to think of those long dark days and sad nights, that came +between; for, two years of our union were years of misery. I well +recollect the first glass of ardent spirit that my husband ever drank. +He had been at the grocery to purchase a little tea and sugar for the +family; there were three cents coming to him in change; and, unluckily, +the Deacon, who keeps the shop, had nothing but silver in the till; and, +as it was a sharp, frosty morning, he persuaded my good man to take his +money's worth of rum, for it was just the price of a glass. He came home +in wonderful spirits, and told me he meant to have me and the children +better dressed, and, as neighbor Barton talked of selling his horse and +chaise, he thought of buying them both; and, when I said to him, +"George, we are dressed as well as we can afford, and I hope you will +not think of a horse and chaise, till we have paid off the Squire's +mortgage," he gave me a harsh look and a bitter word. I never shall +forget that day, for they were the first he ever gave me in his life. +When he saw me shedding tears, and holding my apron to my face, he said +he was sorry, and came to kiss me, and I discovered that he had been +drinking, and it grieved me to the heart. In a short time after, while I +was washing up the breakfast things, I heard our little Robert, who was +only five years old, crying bitterly; and, going to learn the cause, I +met him running towards me with his face covered with blood. + +He said his father had taken him on his knee, and was playing with him, +but had given him a blow in the face, only because he had said, when he +kissed him, "dear papa, you smell like old Isaac, the drunken fiddler." +My husband was very cross to us all through the whole of that day; but +the next morning, though he said little, he was evidently ashamed and +humbled; and he went about his work very industriously, and was +particularly kind to little Robert. I prayed constantly for my good man, +and that God would be pleased to guide his heart aright; and, more than +a week having gone by, without any similar occurrence, I flattered +myself, that he would never do so again. But, in a very little time, +either the Deacon was short of change, as before, or some tempting +occasion presented itself which my husband could not resist, and he +returned home once more under the influence of liquor. I never shall +forget the expression of his countenance, when he came in, that night. +We had waited supper a full hour, for his return: the tea-pot was +standing at the fire, and the bannocks were untouched upon the hearth; +and the smaller children were beginning to murmur for their supper. +There was an indescribable expression of defiance on his countenance, as +though he were conscious of having done wrong, and resolved to brave it +out. We sat down silently to supper, and he scarcely raised his eyes +upon any of us, during this unhappy repast. He soon went to bed and fell +asleep; and, after I had laid our little ones to rest, I knelt at the +foot of the bed, on which my poor misguided husband was sleeping, and +poured out my very soul to God, while my eyes were scalded with the +bitterest tears I had ever shed. For I then foresaw, that, unless some +remedy could be employed, my best earthly friend, the father of my +little children, would become a drunkard. The next morning, after +breakfast, I ventured to speak with him upon the subject, in a mild way; +and, though I could not restrain my tears, neither my words nor my +weeping appeared to have any effect, and I saw that he was becoming +hardened, and careless of us all. How many winter nights have I waited, +weeping alone, at my once happy fireside, listening for the lifting +latch, and wishing, yet dreading, to hear his steps at the door! + +After this state of things had continued, or rather grown worse, for +nearly three months, I put on my bonnet one morning, after my husband +had gone to his work, and went to the Deacon's store; and, finding him +alone, I stated my husband's case, and begged him earnestly to sell him +no more. He told me it would do no good, for, if he did not sell it, +some other person would sell it; and he doubted if my husband took more +than was good for him. He quoted Scripture to show, that it was a +wife's duty to keep at home, and submit herself to her husband, and not +meddle with things, which did not belong to her province. At this time, +two or three customers called for rum, and the Deacon civilly advised me +to go home, and look after my children. + +I went out with a heavy heart. It seemed as if the tide of evil was +setting against me. As I was passing farmer Johnson's, on my way home, +they called me in. I sat down and rested myself for a few minutes, in +their neat cottage. Farmer Johnson was just returning from the field; +and when I saw the little ones running to meet him at the stile, and the +kind looks, that passed between the good man and his wife; and when I +remembered that we were married on the very same day, and compared my +own fortune with theirs, my poor heart burst forth in a flood of tears. +They all knew what I was weeping for, and farmer Johnson, in a kind +manner, bade me cheer up, and put my trust in God's mercy, and remember +that it was often darkest before daylight. The farmer and his wife were +members of the temperance society, and had signed the pledge; and I had +often heard him say, that he believed it had saved him from destruction. +He had, before his marriage, and for a year after, been in the habit of +taking a little spirit every day. He was an industrious, thriving man; +but, shortly after his marriage, he became bound for a neighbor, who ran +off, and he was obliged to pay the debt. I have heard him declare, that, +when the sheriff took away all his property, and stripped his little +cottage, and scarcely left him those trifles, which are secured to the +poor man by law; and when he considered how ill his poor wife was, at +the time, in consequence of the loss of their child, that died only a +month before, he was restrained from resorting to the bottle, in his +moments of despair, by nothing but a recollection of the pledge he had +signed. Farmer Johnson's minister was in favor of pledges, and had often +told him, that affliction might weaken his judgment and his moral +sense, and that the pledge might save him at last, as a plank saves the +life of a mariner, who is tost upon the waves. + +Our good Clergyman was unfortunately of a different opinion. He had +often disapproved of pledges: the Deacon was of the same opinion: he +thought very illy of pledges. + +Month after month passed away, and our happiness was utterly destroyed. +My husband neglected his business, and poverty began to stare us in the +face. Notwithstanding my best exertions, it was hard work to keep my +little ones decently clothed and sufficiently fed. If my husband earned +a shilling, the dram-seller was as sure of it as if it were already in +his till. I sometimes thought I had lost all my affection for one, who +had proved so entirely regardless of those, whom it was his duty to +protect and sustain; but, when I looked in the faces of our little +children, the recollection of our early marriage days, and all his kind +words and deeds soon taught me the strength of the principle, that had +brought us together. I shall never cease to remember the anguish I +felt, when the constable took him to jail, upon the dram-seller's +execution. Till that moment, I did not believe, that my affection could +have survived, under the pressure of that misery, which he had brought +upon us all. I put up such things, of the little that remained to us, as +I thought might be of use, and turned my back upon a spot, where I had +been very happy and very wretched. Our five little children followed, +weeping bitterly. The jail was situated in the next town. "Oh George," +said I, "if you had only signed the pledge, it would not have come to +this." He sighed, and said nothing; and we walked nearly a mile, in +perfect silence. As we were leaving the village, we encountered our +Clergyman, going forth upon his morning ride. When I reflected, that a +few words from him would have induced my poor husband to sign the +pledge, and that, if he had done so, he might have been the kind father, +and the affectionate husband that he once was, I own, it cost me some +considerable effort to suppress my emotions. "Whither are you all +going?" said the holy man. My husband, who had always appeared extremely +humble, in presence of the minister, and replied to all his inquiries in +a subdued tone of voice, answered, with unusual firmness, "to jail, +reverend sir." "To jail!" said he, "ah, I see how it is; you have wasted +your substance in riotous living, and are going to pay for your +improvidence and folly. You have had the advantage of my precept and +example, and you have turned a deaf ear to the one, and neglected the +other." "Reverend sir," my husband replied, galled by this reproof, +which appeared to him, at that particular moment, an unnecessary +aggravation of his misery, "reverend sir, your precept and your example +have been my ruin; I have followed them both. You, who had no experience +of the temptations to which your weaker brethren are liable, who are +already addicted to the temperate and daily use of ardent spirits, +advised me never to sign a pledge. I have followed your advice to the +letter. You admitted, that extraordinary occasions might justify the +use of ardent spirit, and that, on such occasions, you might use it +yourself. I followed your example; but it has been my misfortune never +to drink spirituous liquors, without finding that my _occasions_ were +more _extraordinary_ than ever. Had I followed the precept and example +of my neighbor Johnson, I should not have made a good wife miserable, +nor my children beggars." While he uttered these last words, my poor +husband looked upon his little ones, and burst into tears; and the +minister rode slowly away, without uttering a word. I rejoiced, even in +the midst of our misery, to see that the heart of my poor George was +tenderly affected; for it is not more needful, that the hardness of wax +should be subdued by fire, than that the heart of man should be softened +by affliction, before a deep and lasting impression can be made. "Dear +husband," said I, "we are young; it is not too late; let us trust in +God, and all may yet be well." He made no reply, but continued to walk +on, and weep in silence. Shortly after, the Deacon appeared, at some +distance, coming towards us on the road; but, as soon as he discovered +who we were, he turned away into a private path. Even the constable +seemed somewhat touched with compassion, at our situation, and urged us +to keep up a good heart, for he thought some one might help us, when we +least expected it. My husband, whose vein of humor would often display +itself, even in hours of sadness, instantly replied, that the good +Samaritan could not be far off, for the priest and the Levite had +already passed by on the other side. But he little thought--poor +man--that even the conclusion of this beautiful parable was so likely to +be verified. A one-horse wagon, at this moment, appeared to be coming +down the hill behind us, at an unusually rapid rate, and the constable +advised us, as the road was narrow, to stand aside, and let it pass. It +was soon up with us; and, when the dust had cleared away, it turned out, +as little Robert had said, when it first appeared on the top of the +hill, to be farmer Johnson's gray mare and yellow wagon. The +kind-hearted farmer was out in an instant, and, without saying a word, +was putting the children into it, one after another. A word from farmer +Johnson was enough for any constable in the village. It was all the work +of a moment. He shook my husband by the hand, and when he began, +"Neighbor Johnson, you are the same kind friend"--"Get in," said he, +"let's have no words about it; I must be home in a trice, for," turning +to me, "your old school-mate, Susan, my wife, will sit a crying at the +window, till she sees you all safe home again." Saying this, he whipped +up the gray mare, who, regardless of the additional load, went up the +hill faster than she came down, as though she entered into the spirit of +the whole transaction. + +It was not long before we reached the door of our cottage. Farmer +Johnson took out the children; and, while I was trying to find words to +thank him for all his kindness, he was up in his wagon and off, before +I could utter a syllable. Robert screamed after him, to tell little Tim +Johnson to come over, and that he should have all his pinks and +marigolds. When we entered the cottage, there were bread, and meat, and +milk, upon the table, which Susan, the farmer's wife, had brought over, +for the children. I could not help sobbing aloud, for my heart was full. +"Dear George," said I, turning to my husband, "you used to pray, let us +thank God for this great deliverance from evil." "Dear Jenny," said he, +"I fear God will scarcely listen to my poor prayers, after all my +offences; but I will try." We closed the cottage door, and he prayed +with so much humility of heart, and so much earnestness of feeling, that +I felt almost sure, that God's grace would be lighted up in the bosom of +this unhappy man, if sighs, and tears, and prayers, could win their way +to heaven. He was very grave, and said little or nothing that night. The +next morning, when I woke up, I was surprised, as the sun had not risen, +to find that he had already gone down. At first, I felt alarmed, as +such a thing had become unusual with him, of late years; but my anxious +feelings were agreeably relieved, when the children told me their father +had been hoeing for an hour, in the potato field, and was mending the +garden fence. With our scanty materials, I got ready the best breakfast +I could, and he sat down to it, with a good appetite, but said little; +and, now and then, I saw the tears starting into his eyes. I had many +fears, that he would fall back into his former habits, whenever he +should meet his old companions, or stop in again at the Deacon's store. +I was about urging him to move into another village. After breakfast, he +took me aside, and asked me if I had not a gold ring. "George," said I, +"that ring was my mother's: she took it from her finger, and gave it to +me, the day that she died. I would not part with that ring, unless it +were to save life. Besides, if we are industrious and honest, we shall +not be forsaken." "Dear Jenny," said he, "I know how you prize that gold +ring: I never loved you more than when you wept over it, while you +first told me the story of your mother's death: it was just a month +before we were married, the last sabbath evening in May, Jenny, and we +were walking by the river. I wish you would bring me that ring." Memory +hurried me back, in an instant, to the scene, the bank upon the river's +side, where we sat together, and agreed upon our wedding-day. I brought +down the ring, and he asked me, with such an earnestness of manner, to +put it on his little finger, that I did so; not, however, without a +trembling hand and a misgiving heart. "And now, Jenny," said he, as he +rose to go out, "pray that God will support me." My mind was not in a +happy state, for I felt some doubt of his intentions. From a little +hill, at the back of our cottage, we had a fair view of the Deacon's +store. I went up to the top of it; and, while I watched my husband's +steps, no one can tell how fervently I prayed God to guide them aright. +I saw two of his old companions, standing at the store door, with +glasses in their hands; and, as my husband came in front of the shop, I +saw them beckon him in. It was a sad moment for me. "Oh George," said I, +though I knew he could not hear me, "go on; remember your poor wife and +your starving children!" My heart sunk within me, when I saw him stop +and turn towards the door. He shook hands with his old associates: they +appeared to offer him their glasses: I saw him shake his head and pass +on. "Thank God," said I, and ran down the hill, with a light step, and +seizing my baby, at the cottage door, I literally covered it with +kisses, and bathed it in tears of joy. About ten o'clock, Richard Lane, +the Squire's office-boy, brought in a piece of meat and some meal, +saying my husband sent word, that he could not be home, till night, as +he was at work, on the Squire's barn; Richard added, that the Squire had +engaged him for two months. He came home early, and the children ran +down the hill to meet him. He was grave, but cheerful. "I have prayed +for you, dear husband," said I. "And a merciful God has supported me, +Jenny," said he. It is not easy to measure the degrees of happiness; +but, take it altogether, this, I think, was the happiest evening of my +life. If there is great joy in heaven, over a sinner that repenteth, +there is no less joy in the heart of a faithful wife, over a husband, +that was lost, and is found. In this manner the two months went away. In +addition to his common labor, he found time to cultivate the garden, and +make and mend a variety of useful articles about the house. It was soon +understood, that my husband had reformed, and it was more generally +believed, because he was a subject for the gibes and sneers of a large +number of the Deacon's customers. My husband used to say, let those +laugh that are wise and win. He was an excellent workman, and business +came in from all quarters. He was soon able to repay neighbor Johnson, +and our families lived in the closest friendship with each other. One +evening, farmer Johnson said to my husband, that he thought it would be +well for him to sign the temperance pledge; that he did not advise it, +when he first began to leave off spirit, for he feared his strength +might fail him. "But now," said he, "you have continued five months +without touching a drop, and it would be well for the cause, that you +should sign the pledge." "Friend Johnson," said my husband, "when a year +has gone safely by, I will sign the pledge. For five months, instead of +the pledge, I have in every trial and temptation--and a drinking man +knows well the force and meaning of those words--I have relied upon this +gold ring, to renew my strength, and remind me of my duty to God, to my +wife, to my children, and to society. Whenever the struggle of appetite +has commenced, I have looked upon this ring: I have remembered that it +was given, with the last words and dying counsels of an excellent +mother, to my wife, who placed it there; and, under the blessing of +Almighty God, it has proved, thus far, the life-boat of a drowning man." + +The year soon passed away; and on the very day twelvemonth, on which I +had put the ring upon my husband's finger, farmer Johnson brought over +the Temperance book. We all sat down to the tea-table together. After +supper was done, little Robert climbed up and kissed his father, and, +turning to farmer Johnson, "Father," said he, "has not smelt like old +Isaac, the drunken fiddler, once, since we rode home in your yellow +wagon." The farmer opened the book: my husband signed the pledge of the +society, and, with tears in his eyes, gave me back--ten thousand times +more precious than ever--MY MOTHER'S GOLD RING. + + + + +MY MOTHER'S GOLD RING. + +=Sold by the publishers, Ford and Damrell=, at their Office, in Wilson's +lane, near the U.S. Branch Bank, Boston, at 6 cents single, 50 cents per +dozen, $3 per hundred, $25 per thousand. Individuals or societies +supplied with any number of copies at short notice. + +N. B. Number Two may be expected soon. + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of My Mother's Gold Ring Founded on Fact, by +Lucius Sargent + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MY MOTHER'S GOLD RING *** + +***** This file should be named 39080.txt or 39080.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/3/9/0/8/39080/ + +Produced by David Edwards, Paul Clark and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This +file was produced from images generously made available +by The Internet Archive) + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, +set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to +copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to +protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project +Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you +charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you +do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the +rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose +such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and +research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do +practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is +subject to the trademark license, especially commercial +redistribution. + + + +*** START: FULL LICENSE *** + +THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE +PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK + +To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free +distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work +(or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project +Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project +Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at +http://gutenberg.org/license). + + +Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm +electronic works + +1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm +electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to +and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property +(trademark/copyright) agreement. If you do not agree to abide by all +the terms of this agreement, you must cease using and return or destroy +all copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in your possession. +If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project +Gutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound by the +terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or +entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. + +1.B. "Project Gutenberg" is a registered trademark. It may only be +used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who +agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few +things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works +even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See +paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project +Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement +and help preserve free future access to Project Gutenberg-tm electronic +works. See paragraph 1.E below. + +1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the Foundation" +or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project +Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the +collection are in the public domain in the United States. If an +individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are +located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from +copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative +works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg +are removed. Of course, we hope that you will support the Project +Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by +freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of +this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with +the work. You can easily comply with the terms of this agreement by +keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project +Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. + +1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern +what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in +a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check +the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement +before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or +creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project +Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning +the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United +States. + +1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: + +1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate +access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently +whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the +phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project +Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, +copied or distributed: + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license + +1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived +from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is +posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied +and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees +or charges. If you are redistributing or providing access to a work +with the phrase "Project Gutenberg" associated with or appearing on the +work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 +through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the +Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or +1.E.9. + +1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted +with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution +must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional +terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms will be linked +to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works posted with the +permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work. + +1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm +License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this +work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. + +1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this +electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without +prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with +active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project +Gutenberg-tm License. + +1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, +compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any +word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or +distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than +"Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official version +posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.org), +you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a +copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon +request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other +form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm +License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. + +1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, +performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works +unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. + +1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing +access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided +that + +- You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from + the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method + you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is + owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he + has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the + Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. Royalty payments + must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you + prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax + returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and + sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the + address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to + the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." + +- You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies + you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he + does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm + License. You must require such a user to return or + destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium + and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of + Project Gutenberg-tm works. + +- You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any + money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the + electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days + of receipt of the work. + +- You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free + distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. + +1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm +electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set +forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from +both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael +Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the +Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. + +1.F. + +1.F.1. Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable +effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread +public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm +collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic +works, and the medium on which they may be stored, may contain +"Defects," such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate or +corrupt data, transcription errors, a copyright or other intellectual +property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a +computer virus, or computer codes that damage or cannot be read by +your equipment. + +1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right +of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project +Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project +Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project +Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all +liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal +fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT +LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE +PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH 1.F.3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE +TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE +LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR +INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH +DAMAGE. + +1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a +defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can +receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a +written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you +received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with +your written explanation. The person or entity that provided you with +the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a +refund. If you received the work electronically, the person or entity +providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to +receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy +is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further +opportunities to fix the problem. + +1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth +in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS' WITH NO OTHER +WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO +WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. + +1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied +warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. +If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the +law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be +interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by +the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any +provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. + +1.F.6. INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the +trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone +providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance +with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, +promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, +harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, +that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do +or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm +work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any +Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. + + +Section 2. Information about the Mission of Project Gutenberg-tm + +Project Gutenberg-tm is synonymous with the free distribution of +electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers +including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists +because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from +people in all walks of life. + +Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the +assistance they need, are critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's +goals and ensuring that the Project Gutenberg-tm collection will +remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project +Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation was created to provide a secure +and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. +To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation +and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 +and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. + + +Section 3. Information about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive +Foundation + +The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit +501(c)(3) educational corporation organized under the laws of the +state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal +Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification +number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at +http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg +Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent +permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. + +The Foundation's principal office is located at 4557 Melan Dr. S. +Fairbanks, AK, 99712., but its volunteers and employees are scattered +throughout numerous locations. Its business office is located at +809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email +business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact +information can be found at the Foundation's web site and official +page at http://pglaf.org + +For additional contact information: + Dr. Gregory B. Newby + Chief Executive and Director + gbnewby@pglaf.org + + +Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg +Literary Archive Foundation + +Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide +spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of +increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be +freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest +array of equipment including outdated equipment. Many small donations +($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt +status with the IRS. + +The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating +charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United +States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a +considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up +with these requirements. We do not solicit donations in locations +where we have not received written confirmation of compliance. To +SEND DONATIONS or determine the status of compliance for any +particular state visit http://pglaf.org + +While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we +have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition +against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who +approach us with offers to donate. + +International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make +any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from +outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. + +Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation +methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other +ways including checks, online payments and credit card donations. +To donate, please visit: http://pglaf.org/donate + + +Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg-tm electronic +works. + +Professor Michael S. Hart is the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm +concept of a library of electronic works that could be freely shared +with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project +Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. + + +Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed +editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. +unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily +keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. + + +Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: + + http://www.gutenberg.org + +This Web site includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm, +including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary +Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to +subscribe to our email newsletter to hear about new eBooks. |