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The Hope pioneer., 1920-12-09
CHAPTER xvll-continued.
Copyright by George H. Doran Co.

"There was lot Of malevolcnce in
Mr.. Sidney's tone, tremendous
| amount of hate. Richard Dobson ut
tered the quivering, quavering little
cry again and started to run. AS he
got under way, he shrieked. It sound
ed like an old woman's shrek.
"Mr. Sidney started after him. He
had that cane you saw him take out
of this room. That was the ono he
was beaten down with.
Il think for moment he wanted to
kill Richard. He flourished the stick
and yelled. Richard. being in fren'
~ Of fright. was stronger on his legs
than his brother. He was off into the
bush. Mr.. Sidney stumbled and fell.
He got up rather slowly. as If he were
either hurt or as If his strength were
leaving him. I could hear Richard
shrieking farther Off in the bush.
"When Mr., Sidney got up, he turned
toward the house, and ran to beat
him here and found you"
say anything.
II am decidedly shaken" he said
after while. II was very fond of
him, and am useless old man. an
alcoholic of no account except to him,
and he is Dead"
There is only one thing to do," I
said "Richard Dobson must be on
his way to freedom tomorrow. We
j shall have to see to that"
Jed aroused himself for an instant.
"You copy-book moralist!" he said.
''You would interfere with a genial,
lovable mans magnificent hate just
because he is dead and your scruples
have become important. You ought
to choke. Let the brute Dick Dobson
rot in prison. It's his desert"
1T can't be done, Jed" said. ITO
morrow We'll go to Alwick prison and
explain"
For me to act without telling Mrs.
Sidney was impossible, and it was al
most impossible for me to take the
subject up with her. saw her only
for moment, told her that, being ac-
quainted with the facts, I thought I
knew what the conscience of the house
would require.
Her world had been destroyed; her
light had gone out. She had no pride
for herself; she shrank from the pos
sibility Of hurt to Isobel, but had
Judged the conscience Of The house
correctly. She would have protected
Mr.. Sidney against all the equities and
Justice in the world-that was her
sin In her own esteem. But now he
was dead: justice could be done.
did not want to act without Iso-
bells knowing what l was doing. I
hoped she would approve of what I
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el against life. His life was happy to
the end. He would hate us If we
were morose. Please sit down, John"
I did, in a comfortable chair. We
looked at the fire.
"I'll be saying goodbye tomorrow y
I said.
"What are you going to dor
II have made some arrangements.
I'll build up small practice. / may
go to small town. I think that
would suit me. haven't the tempera-
ment for city. 1t is chill"
"You have really set yourself back
by coming here" she suggested.
Possibly" admitted. "in purely
material ways; but I have lived the
wonder time Of my life here. The sac
rifice was cheap"
"But it was sacrifice7"
"In a strictly pragmatic fashion,
yes"
"You think Of it as a sacrifce1'
II do not. I think of it as my real
life. The rest Of my existence will be
the sacrifice"
"You are simple sort Of person
john"
II presume so. have no reason te
think otherwise"
"Where did you get your ideas d
women. joint"
II nave no ideas Of women. I an
not presumptuous or. in that fashion
egotistic."
Eyes, you are" she said.
II don't think you are right In say.
ing that"
"You are presumptuous about me-
II am not!" I exclaimed in hur,
pride.
"You are" she said. "Ysu presum,
that am not in love with you."
(THE END).
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BY
CLIFFORD S.
RAYMOND
illustrated BY
IRWIN MYERS

Morgan has to be bought. You are not
doing anyone any hurt now. You are
not keeping an innocent man in the
penitentiary. You are not disturbing
justice or defeating punishment. You
are taking the surest means to the
protection of the innocent by briblng
this man to silence"
OF all the obvious things l might
have said to this man who for 4 long
time had terrorized the Sidney house
hold, none seemed pertinent. They
would have been imprecations and re-
proaches. They would have dealt
with the past. He, as If he had a
clean slate, was dealing with the fu-
ture. 1t did Mrs. Sidney and 1sobel
no good to tell Jed that he had been
rascal and was unfit to advise.
IF you go to Mrs. Sidney" said
Jed, "she will sacrifice herself and
everybody else. Go to Miss Sidney
and tell her that the family must pay
Mr.. Morgan $4,000. He'll want $780,
600. He'll take twenty. Give it to
him in five annual installments. At
the end of five years he'll be harm.
less. You and Miss Sidney will have
established yourselves, and Morgan's
story will be dried-up walnut"
The proposal was 80 reprlsive that
I did not answer Jed. He said great
deal more in great deal Of bitter
ness, chiefly against me and what he
conceived to be my moralistic ideas.
When we had returned to Hartley
house, Jed said:
/. "Do ats least one thing, ask Miss
Sidney what she prefers"
had no right and no inclination
to make a decision which concerned
the family and not me. did not want
to speak to Mrs. Sidney-Jed was
right, her conscience might permit
only the answer which would expose
the family to consequences. I spoke
to Isobel.
We compromised with Morgan. Jed
again was right. Morgan wanted $780,
600. He took $4,000.
Isobel had been insistent. She had
been impatient of any suggestion that
there could be anything immoral or
dangerous in such compromising. Fem
mime morals are selfishly protective
Of things near and dear. A general
lied immortality, an unembodied Inn
morality, is to women unimportant. It
is less than unimportant; it is impos-
sible; it does not exist. This is .
part Of the instinct which nourishes
and nrotectS the infant
Il don't understand you at all,
John," she said. "Is there any ques-
tion in your mind that we ought to
protect my fathers memory and my
mothers peace Of mind7 You admit
that even now this man Morgan can
wreck the things we hold dearest.
You admit that small payment can
protect these things. You know that
the one thing of which we have more
than we need is money, and you ad-
NIT that we are not doing any person
any harm by using it to bribe this
man Morgan"
OF course. had to give in.
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Mr.. Sidney Started After Him.

intended to do, though I intended to
do it whether she did or not. I had
to tell the story.
"You are right. John," she said.
'But how magnificent father was!
He was stark Nemesis, the cleanest.
purest justice there isl"
She was bit ecstatic. They teach
young ladies too many generalizations,
] thought. There was no rhapsody in
fhis; it was ugly.
Jed had one more fash of spirit as
we started for the penitentiary.
"You poor old copy-book fool Of a
Moralist!" he said. "Why can't your
insignificant conscience be satisfied
without doing lot of damage tc 10
good end? Hang you moralists! You
wreck life. Richard Dobson can't 7e
outside the penitentiary. He has NO
money. no way of making any. n
place to go. no friends. You IRE 60
lng to throv bin out Of his home
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leaving word that would return In
day or two to say goodbye. I came
back the evening of the second day
by automobile from the city. had
been impelled to 60 back and had 50
far resisted the compulsion that had
missed train time. Then the impulse
reasserted itself so irresistibly that !
took an automobile for the 4O-mile
ride
Jed met me at the door. His cor
diality was unforced. 1t was the din.
ner hour. Jed suggested either some
biscuits and sherry in my room or an
omelet with mushrooms. Mrs. Sidney,
he said, had been Spartan, but was In
collapse. Miss Sidney was somewhere
about-he did not know where.
did not want anything to eat and
went toward the library. Isobel was
sitting there by the fire.
had often seen her thus before. 1t
was one of the familiar pictures !
should remember. There were proba-
bly, half dozen others-nOne better
than this.
She looked up as I entered.
Il am glad you are back. John," she
said.
I could think only Of a common
place.
II did not intend to disturb you,"
said. "How is your motherY
utterly and happily stupefed." said
1sobel. "Her pain waits for her."
"And yourself?"
II can't find tragedy in It," she
said. Il feel a sense of terrible but
inevitable loss. I had reconciled my
self to It. can't be q sentimental reb-
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CHAPTER XVIII.

Mr.. Sidney was buried by the pool
on a bitter afternoon when the snow
creaked underfoot. and the sun, in a
cold blue sky to the southwest above
the hills across the river, could hard
ly be regarded as warm and sustain
ing star.
The servants were pail bearers-sad
ones; and we had the chaplain from
the penitentiary to read the service
in the room Mr.. Sidney had used. The
sun came in the southwestern win
dows, and the canaries sang. Algol
was afraid Of strangers and hid him.
self. Otherwise it was Mr.. Sidney's
room.
We carried the coffin the half-miie
in the bitter cold to the grave which
had been dug by the pool with mat
tocks through the frozen earth. Mrs.
Sidney took my arm, but walked the
distance bravely. Isobel went as If
she were clear-eyed Spartan girl &C.
cepting life without quaver or whim-
per, upon the terms offered. We left
the remains of our gracious gentleman
there,
So genial man could not die. He
still pervaded the house. He had i'm.
pregnated it. His death could not de.
stroy his influence. Even his room,
his death chamber, remained jovial
but Algol attached himself to Isobel
and could not be parted from her. He
went to her room that night.
Necessity and delicacy both sug
gested that I go away for while the
following morning. 1t was necessary
for me to establish myself in the city
in material and physical facts Of lodg
ing, and so forth. and delicacy intimat
ed that I was an alien in the house
hold upon strangely fictitious stand
ing.
| went away in the early morning
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hundreds, four kinds; of ten thou
sands two; and of five thousands. one.
Naturally. this makes counterfeit
ing easier. and treasury officials are
discussing ways to reduce the variety.
This should include printing all notes
of the same denomination in the same
color. with distinct and different
color for each denomination. No one
then would have to scrutinize bill
to determine Its value. and there
would be no possibility Of raising a
note Of low denomination to a higher
one"
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GETTING SENSE.

There comes clear day when one
realizes that clothes are to keep the
weather off you. that food Is to give
you health, that home Is shelter and
Inspiration; that, aside from being
clean and inoffensive, ones personal
appearance does not signify very
much; that the main thing in life is
to be going along toward the goal Of
your ideals. That isn't getting old. it's
getting sense. From then on Time IL
not master, but friend.-C0llier's.
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Value Of Snakes.

Most people have a decided shrink.
ing from snakes, which is not to be
wondered at in tropical countries,
where their bite is venomous and often
fatal. But the grass snake ought not
to be confounded with the rattlers,
cobras or pythons. It is as harmless
to humanity as frog and a good deal
more useful. No greater enemy to
bugs is in existence. And slugs are
among the most hurtful of garden and
field pests. They keep down the num-
bers also Of such other pests as mice,
shrews and other small rodents. But
as slug destroyers they deserve to be
cherished rather than massacred at
sight, which is their usual fate.'
The Hope pioneer., 1920-12-09
GREAT VARIETY IN MONEY

rency. national bank notes. gold and
silver. certificates and others. But, OBJ
serves the American Banker. ut is
doubtful If many realize that in all
there ure fifty-four different designs
Of various denominations.
"Of ones. twos. and one thousands.
there ure five kinds; of f1ves. fifties
and one hundreds; six kinds; of tens
und twenties. seven kinds; Of five
The Hope pioneer., 1920-12-09
Fifty.four Different Designs Of Var''
GUS Denominations Are in Use
in This Country.

1t might be possible to buy almost
every one of the fifty-seven famous
varieties of pickles made In Pitts
burgh with q different kind Of paper
money. Everybody knows that we
have numerous kinds Of paper cur.
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More Commercial candor.
Advertisement-"See our ne-family
houses. Improvements never dreamed
of."-Boston Transcript
The Hope pioneer., 1920-12-09

to the drug store for paint, pow
ders and beauty creams, when she
should 20 there for a blood med-
cine and stomach Alternative known
as "GoIden Medical Discovery"
This vegetable tonic and blood
Alternative clears the skin, beauti-
ies it, increases the blood supply
and the circulation, while pimples,
boils and eruptions vanish quickly.
Ask your nearest druggist for DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry in tablet or liquid form or send
10c. for trial package of tablets to
DR.. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel in
Buffalo, N. Y.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-06-10
To Lay Cornerstone of
School Building Today

The laying Of the cornerstone OF the
new grade school building TO be erect
I'D in Winslow will take place to-day
with impressive services. In the alb
senrs Of the Nj " G.. NJ, Edward
W-heeier Of Brunswick. P NJ. W .. II
Thomas Bonge of Augusta viii Off
ciRte. y " Charles 2. Davis OF Port
land, grand secretary OF the Grand
lodge Of Masons. viii also be present
The procession viii form al 1.30 in
front Of tns Masonic Temple and
march 70 the corner Of Dean street
and Boston avaUue IL Winslow, where
the building is TO be erected. The
ceremony Of laying the cornerstone
eral Of the grade schools IN ne town.
after which Dr.. John G. Towne VIII
address the school children
The caske1 which is 10 be laid IN
ger the cornerstone will contain q COPY
Of the kennebec journal Of even date.
a copy Of the Waterviile Sentinel. a
list Of Master Masons VINO are en-
pioved by the AoHIngsworth d Whit
ney Co. tutaling SIS names. a list of
the names Of the building committee
which consists Of Percy NJ Cram, "
H. Smith. Frank 2. Smiley, Charles E.
Warren. r Z. Boston of Gardiner.
George Il. Mar Of WarerviIIe. J r.
Cole and Ear-- s. Grindau a list of
the town officers. a 1920 town report
Of Wiuslow and q list of the members
Of WatsrviIle Lodge No. 81, r and
A III
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-06-10
WaterviHe High Beats
Hall0wen and Claims
hennebec Championship

The local High school ended IFS
paseoau season IN q fitting manner
TINS afternoon when II took a fast
game from the EaIloweu High team
on Alumni field by a score of 81
making its standing for the season
sIZ won and. four lost AND by this
last game causing It's claim for the
championship Of the kernebec Val
lev league. Lawrence High. Water
vile High and Eauoweu Previous
70 this game Eanowell had claimed
the championship as they mad beat
en- the Lawrence team twice and
Wa1erville High had been beaten bv
that team.
The game did not amount to any
thing until the fourth frame. when
each team managed 10 get a score
across the rubber Waterville dfr
the trick by couple Of errors bv
Masciadrl and Hildreth and the Wis
ltOrs were allowed their lone tally
by Lee. who started with a single
and was advanced 70 third by the
single 70 center of viEue. who fol-
lowed and scored on a passed ball BY
captain Beatty. Singles. passes
ana errors accounted for two more
runs for the local boys IN the sixth
INNING and these put the game on
ice as the down state boys were IN
able To come back before the close
Both pitchers performed well and
scored II strikeours apiece. For Wat
erville, ThibOdeau, Lar-abee and
Sterling did the best work. as each
scored the runs and performed well
in the Held For the visitors. the
work of Vigue behind the bar and
Lee in the field and al the bat were
the features. The score:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-06-10
0UT-OF-TOWN LODGES
TO BE CENTENNIAL
GUESTS OF MASONS

Dr. J. z Hill stated Wednesday
evening tnat invitations tave been
forwarded 70 the following Masonic
lodges 10 attend the celebration of the
centennial OF WaterviIle lodge. z and
=. M, on June rs. and accompanies
nave been received: vassalboro lodge
al North Vassalboro. Neguenkeag
lodge a. Tasgalboro. Central lodge of
China. Sehastcook lodge of Clinton.
Rural lodge Of Sidney and Sloan
lodge Of Fairfield. The grand officers
Of me Grand lodge OF Maine have also
been invited 70 ne present The pro
gram viii be practically as follows.
AL participating viii assemble in
front OF Masonic Temple al : so and
march to Gil vnaI. where rre exercises
viii be heid at clock at the Gem
pletlon Of the exercises. automobiles
VIII be taken to the Central Maine
FAR grounds where the banquet WI
DC held IN The coliseum Many disrin-
suished past officers will Re present.
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pitching was nearly equal TO that Of
Leighton Ee allowed hts opponents
only four hits. The game Icy innings:
First tuning-Brawn WIS thrown
out. Kinds % Eilcreth. Ruderick flied
70 Grant Harrington was out I'D c.
HiIdretn unaEsisted- Jamisan was out.
Rodsrick 10 Eli. Finds ranned and
Mooers ended the inning, huderick ID
AIu route.
Serond-Ein singled past Grant and
stole secund. Austin famed Plum
msr fled out To Kinds Merrill ended
the inning by tanning. Grant out
Brennan to Eli. Crane fled 70 Mer-
riu. Leightun famed
Third inning-EIlis and FREEMAN re-
turned 10 bench after taxing three
Strikes. Drawn was out leighton ID
C. aIldreth. Both Hildreths famed
Durgin popped To Austin
Fourth iuning-apderick WIS out on
strikes. Harrington grounded out I'd
Leighton. Hill ended the inning by
tanning. In her half Gardiner made
strong bid for run Jaimsnn
grounded out To Plummer Kinds hit
safely ny third and stole second.
Moners drove the bali over Plummer' s
head fof what looked like a nit. bur
harrington gathered II N and doubled
Kinds At SECOND.
Fifth lnTling-Aust1n WIS gwen q
free ticket To first lie WIS advanced
! to SECOND on Plumme-'s sacrifice. Mer-
rin famed and Ellis popped I'd Dur
i gin Grant fled out To Hill and
I Crane and Leighton famed.
! Sixth ilning-Brennan started the
1 inning by going out by The strikeuut
4 route. Drawn was thrown our by Dur
gin. Roderick took three swings anc
ended the inning. In this frame Gar
/ diner put across four runs. Durgin
! was out, Roderick I'd Hill. c. Hill
I dreth hit safely To left H Esldratf1
singled 10 right Jaimson famed and
4 Mooers was safe on Merrill error. the
4 aildreth brothers scoring On this play
1 EInus and Moores scored when Merrill
4 fumbied Grants hit I'd night. Crane
ended the rally by flying cut
II Seventh inning-F'arringtpn was out
|, Grant To c. Hildreth. Hill singled ano
i stole second Austin was out, Leigh
i ton To 9. Eildreth Flum,ner reached
/ first by being hit. Merrill ended the
frame by tanning
II Leighton was out. Brennan TO Hill
\ Durgin and c. Hildrgrh struck out.
n Eighth inning, Ellis was passed
but was caught going To second.
brennan struck out Drawn flied
out 10 Kinds, Hickey famed anc
Jamison singled TO left Kinds flied
out ID Roderlck, Mooers was passed
Brennan to Hill.
Il Ninth inning, Rodsrick was SAFE
on DurEin's error but was thrown
OUT trying 10 steal Harrington
tanned and the game ended wher
Kinds threw out Hill.
The summary:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-06-10
Maine Supreme Claims
Jurisdiction IN Arizona
Suit Involving $4,000, 200

Portland. Me. June 9-The Maine
Supreme Court IN q rescript filed To-
day holds that L mas jurisdiction n
me action brought by the Arizona
CommercIal Mining Company against
the 8 IRON Zap Mining Company ID
RECOVER SO. GOT. 900 Of ore which the
plaintiff ella rms the defendant took
from It's iode, sustaining the bill of
the plaintiff.
The defendant company had flied
a demurrer claiming tna- the ARIZONA
courts alone had Jurisdiction Both
are Maine corporations and major
Try stock Is owned in Massac husetts
In a SUIT between the same parties
10 recover the defendants mine the
Maine court found thar the ARIZONA
courts mad Jurisdiction
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-06-10
Biddeford Grocery Clerks
Strike for Half Holiday

BiddefOrd. June 9-Clerks in the
leading grocery stores of the cI-v
went on strike this afternoon to en-
force a demand for the continuance
of the "Wednesday afternoon half
holiday through the summer Some
proprfetors acceded 10 the demands
Of their clerks this morning and
closed for the afternoon. announcing.
however. than unless all closed an
other Wednesday, they would remain
open. Only grocery stores were at
fecreG
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-06-10

Cleanliness. carefuiness. and cold
ness are the three C's of sanitary
milk supply. says the Maine Depart
menf of Health. The trouble. in con-
nectian with a cummunity's milk
supply begins right al the farm II the
farmer fails 10 keep ii clean and cold.
With healthy cattle, the bacterial
count can be reduced to minimum.
and proper care for the three c's will
produce milk as nearly sterile as is
humanity possible II these coneii-
tluns are not met al the farm. the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-06-10
EVENS
ATE BY BEATING
CONY HIGH 4 TOO

Gardiner High came back s1runE
4-,r, her defeat ON Memorial day and
presented Cony with goose egg The
s,,ne WIS a pitchers bartle between
7 .e,rnron and Brennan until the sixth
INC, Gardiner hatred around. scoring
her four runs in this frame ON TWO ar
rurs, two singles and base on paiis'
Leigttun's pitching was by lar Inc
feature nf the game. He Tanned y
mcn and issued unly two passes. Elm
nj the visitors was the only nan VINO
,,,.ns~,d To regisrer hit. Brcnnznnl
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-06-10
AMUSEMENTs
Tin Pan Alley" Bright, Clean Com
edy- Drama at the Acme Theatre
Today-Outins Chester Film

A clean. bright entertaining photo
play, strong in human interest is to
be shown At the Acme theatre. II is
Tin Pan Alley" q snappy title for
beautiful perturbation of the spirit
of the home and what II means IN
human lives. The story tells OF the
struggles of a youth TO make sue
cess unsteady, Of how he finds the
true source of inspiration in place
most unexpected To him and thus
learns the difference between the
sham and the real in life. The PIC
ture is up TO the usual excellence OF
William Fox productions. The stars.
Albert Ray and Elinor Fair. DO ex-
ceIlent work supported by capable
cast. An Outing Chester reel Of un-
usual interest tops OF the bili.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-06-10

present at the Farm Bureau meet
ing on Tuesday The salads pre-
pared ny Miss LYMAN wa-e both
dainty ana delicious and many help
ful hints were obtained n the max
ing Of them,
chased Z new automobile.
". T Noble and family Of Angus
"a have moved IN their camp at
Lake Cobpossee for the summer.
M ana Mrs. Il. +. Mason and lit
tie son Rlehard. VINO have been llv-
ing a. Portland. are visiting ms pa
rents. Mr.. ana Mrs Harry Mason and
viii soon leave Tor their new home
IN 6OultOn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-06-10

The funeral Of the late Mrs
charles E bearing was held on
wednesday afternoon AZ - O'Clock
from her late home in FarrninrdaIe
Rev. T. J. Winsiade, D. D, officiatins
There was a large attendance of
friends anc many beautiful floral
offerings. The Heath Relief Corps.
Of which the deceased was a mem
Der, attended in body The bearers
were H Z. Hartman. II A Billings.
Daniel Longfeliow and DR. c. s.
jackson. The intermeut was IN
Oak Grove cemetery.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-06-10

A false alarm frnm box 20 brought
the fire department and hundreds OF
persons 10 the corner Of Spring and
Silver streets Wednesday, evening
about 10 O'Clock. only TO .,e dispersed
when arriving by the word that il was
a false alarm. No clue ID the perpe-
traitor Of the so-cAiled joke was found
with the exception tnat man II 3
blue suit and wearing a straw hE1
was seen running from tnr vicinity u
the box immediately after the alarm
was -ung in