about twenty times stronger than we get it in the open, but these helmets are a rippin' dodge till the chemical evaporates, then, of course, they're no earthly. This is the latest device — quite a tophole scheme!" And he showed us a box-like contrivance which, when in use, is slung round the neck.
"Are you often in the gas?" I enquired.
"Every day — yes, rather!"
"For how long?"
"Well, I stayed in once for five hours on end — "
"Five hours!" I exclaimed, aghast.
'Y'see, I was experimentin'!"
"And didn't you feel any bad effects?"
"Yes, rather! I was simply dyin' for a smoke. Like to try a lachrymatory?" he enquired, reaching up to a certain dingy box.
"Yes," said I, glancing at K. "Oh, yes, if — "
"Only smart for the time bein'," our sub. assured me. "Make you weep a bit!" Here from the dingy box he fished