The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-15

have contained more than fraction
of that number; but, of course, the
greater the claims he made on the
credulity Of his followers the more
profoundly did they believe in him.
Before he finished the sixth story he
died. Inasmuch as he had proclaimed!
that by means Of the "Flying Roll
decease staggered the faith Of many of
his followers in that precious document.
:: His Widow Was on Hand.
/ Then his widow stepped into the
breach. She explained that ~. j., j"
had made q little mistake. 1t was she,
as Queen Esther, who had received a
commission, from on high to save the
remnant Of mankind from destruction.
She ran the diminished band Of Jez-
| reelites for time, but she did not
make any attempt to finish the tower
Of Jezreel. Then she, too, gave the lie
to her own pretensions by dying.
| Her father, Robert Rogers, next
tackled the job. But with the Jezreel-
| ties reduced to less than thirty in num-
Der, there was not money enough in it
| to provide him with living, and he
has had to toll for his daily bread Just
| like ordinary mortals. .,,
Some years ago Michael Keyfor Mills
came over from America, where ne
| had established band Of Jezreelites,
and intimated that he was the right
man to boss the job at headquarters.
But Rogers refused to abdicate IN his
faithful left at Chatham ieered at him:
Mills returned to America and devoted
himself to making money. Cash counts
| in fanaticism as in other things: The
lack of it compelled the Jezreelites to
part with their tower. The new owners
demolished q good deal of it and tried
to convert it into factory, but could
n It make it work. 49, 49, -
The Tower OF Jezreel.
That was Prince Michael's oppor.
tunity. He has bought what is left Of
the tower Of ,Jezreel. He has dubbed
the hill on which it stands Mount Zion.
And he declares that it is the only spot
on earth where there is any chance Of
escaping. the, fire and birthstone and
4 other dreadful things that. are soon to
fill this world with far worse horrors
than the San Francisco earthquake,
| .t'They rejected me1when I came to
England before he told me, " and
you see the result, I, he added with a
sweeping gesture Of his stick indicat-
ing the half-demolished structure.
tThey have fallen, from the faith and
they have been punished. But I, Prince
| NIlCldel, lOTeGOlIl ny Luc pTOpuSG Ddulcl,
have returned to them. The day of
/ their salvation is at hand. They shall
| be delivered. 1 have come to gather
unto me those whose names are writ
| ten in the book
1 He acclaimed these words in a hol-
/ low, sepulchral voice and emphasized
their conclusion by hanging his stick on
a brick that had fallen from the wall.
j He is a thick-set, nliddleIaged man.
/ with long grizzled locks and flowing
/ gray beard His eyes are small and
deepset, and when he plays the Prince
Michael role, which he does with a
i deal of vim, they seem to fairly glitter.
/ should imagine that he possesses q
deal Of hypnotic power. He started
ranting again when asked him what
proof he could give me, a humble scribe,
that he is the real thing, simon pure,
genuine and only Prince Michael.
4 A Terrifying Threat.
j ,sHProofl'' he calculated, bestowine
on me glance of whitening scorn. g.
i have but to lay my hands upon you
and exercise that wondrous power with
which I have been, invested, to stretch
Eyou4 unconscious-dead il I willed it,
at my feet. -
He eyed me keenly for few mo.
/. mentsi as tho measuring the effect Of his
words. Maybe I looked q bit scared.
tried to. s
IaFsar not, he added reassuringly