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in the basement. An American Jezreelite then 

 appeared, one Michael Keyfor Mills, calling himself 

 " Prince Michael," and proposing to complete. The 

 founder's father-in-law, Edward Rogers, who had rented 

 the place as a wholesale grocery warehouse, opposed 

 him and secured an injunction against members of the 

 sect who had supported the idea. Mills died at 

 Gillingham in January, 1922, aged sixty-five. 



In 1908 a company was formed to demolish the 

 building and sell the materials ; but when the upper 

 floors had been taken down the concern became 

 insolvent. In 1913 it was proposed to convert the 

 building into a " Picture Palace," but the idea came to 

 nothing ; and later, the property was offered at 

 auction and withdrawn at £3,900. 



If there be any surviving Jezreelites of the " New and 

 Latter House of Israel," who believe that the souls of 

 only those who have lived since Moses can be saved, 

 they will be able to look with satisfaction on the 

 remains of their tower, which was built largely with the 

 idea that five thousand of the elect would gather here 

 at the destruction of the world. 



But in its present condition a good many of that 

 number would be left outside ; and there might be 

 expected an unseemly crush to get within, only that by 

 this time the elect of this particular brand must be a 

 very small coterie. 



XXVI 



Little else is to be seen or noted in leaving Chatham 

 for Rainham. The shop in Avhich that singular old 

 gentleman lived, with whom little David Copperfield 

 made acquaintance, is not pointed out to the curious, 

 and the identity of that apostrophizer of his lungs and 

 liver, who exclaimed " Goroo, goroo," and tearfully 

 asked David if he would go for fourpence, has been 

 much disputed. " The House on the Brook," to which 



