Free The Dirigibles of Death by A. Hyatt Verrill

unnecessary to state that Johnson's process of television is now in universal use and has brought both its inventor and Sir James Nash immense fortunes. Neither is it essential that I should recall the events that followed closely upon the successful establishment of the Johnson ray screen over afflicted England. But before closing I feel that I must pay some tribute to Doctor Grayson, now Sir Gregory Grayson, Bart., to whose knowledge of tropical diseases and unremitting, self-sacrificing labors and tireless efforts, half of England's population owes its life and health today. Thanks to the antitoxin he produced, and to others he discovered and distributed, very few persons were seriously affected with the terrible maladies which those Andayans had thought to spread throughout England.
    I do not think—I have not the exact figures available —that two hundred persons altogether became infected with any of the diseases to such an extent that lasting ill effects followed; and I know positively that not fifty cases of insanity or death resulted.
    Taken altogether, the casualties resulting from the attacks were far under what might have been expected. To be sure the total number of deaths amounted to more than fifty thousand, but despite the appalling figure, economically—that is in proportion to the entire population—the loss of human lives was insignificant.
    But, most gratifying of all, neither England nor any other country need ever fear a repetition of the disaster that threatened us. Andaya is now a British dependency, the Power that—as was conclusively proved was behind the conspiracy—is no longer in a position to interfere with any other nation, but is, to all intents and purposes, under the control of the United States and Great Britain, and even if some other fiend should attempt to repeat the Andayans' example, Johnson's rays would render such efforts utterly impotent.
    THE END

About the Author
    Alpheus Hyatt Verrill, known as Hyatt Verrill, (1871-1954) was an American archaeologist, explorer, inventor, illustrator and author. He was the son of Addison Emery Verrill (1839–1926), the first professor of zoology at Yale University. Hyatt Verrill wrote on a wide variety of topics, including natural history, travel, radio and whaling. He participated in a number of archaeological expeditions to the West Indies, South, and Central America. He travelled extensively throughout the West Indies, and all of the Americas, North, Central and South. Theodore Roosevelt stated: "It was my friend Verrill here, who really put the West Indies on the map.” During 1896 he served as natural history editor of Webster's International Dictionary., and he illustrated many of his own writings as well. During 1902 Verrill invented the autochrome process of natural-color photography. Among his writings are many science fiction works including twenty six published in 'Amazing Stories' pulp magazines.

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