Four Days' Night

Another in the "e;Doom of London"e; series, in which the author sounds a clarion call of potential disasters that may fall upon the great city. Here he relates a tale of air pollution. Excerpt:They crawled along through the black suffocating darkness, feeble, languid, and sweating at every pore. There was a murky closeness in the vitiated atmosphere that seemed to take all the strength and energy away. At any other time the walk to Clarence Terrace would have been a pleasure, now it was a penance. They found their objective after a deal of patience and trouble. Hackness yelled in the doorway. There was a sound of footsteps and Cynthia Grimfern spoke. "e;Ah, what a relief it is to know that you are all right,"e; she said. "e;I pictured all sorts of horrors happening to you. Will this never end, Martin?"e; She cried softly in her distress. Hackness felt for her hand and pressed it tenderly. "e;We are going to try my great theory,"e; he said. "e;Eldred is with me, andwe have got Williamson's permission to operate with the aeroplane."e;