is not accountable
for what she says."

Mrs. Underhill remained quietly in the country many weeks after the
expose, safe from the keen inquisition of reporters.

The notorious "mediums" in New York who were approached on the subject,
were all excessively guarded in their comments upon the step taken by
Mrs. Kane, yet they admitted her personal importance as an originator of
Spiritualism. Mrs. E. A. Wells, whose fraudulent exhibitions have had a
certain success, expressed herself as much shocked at the determination of
Mrs. Kane; "'but,' she added to the reporter, with seeming naivete, 'you
don't believe she will do it, do you?'"

The account from which I am quoting, continues as follows:

"I sought the presence of Mrs. E. A. Wells, a medium of great
celebrity, whose abode is not far from Adelphi Hall, where
spiritualists congregate on Sunday." Mrs. Wells expressed herself as
shocked at the determination of Mrs. Margaret Fox Kane, "but," she
added, with seeming naivete, "you don't believe she will do it, do
you?"

"How have you regarded Mrs. Kane heretofore, Mrs. Wells?"

"Why, with a good deal of respect as one of the first to get messages
from the unseen world. The Fox sisters have a great name. I have no
idea, though, if she really intends to do what she says she will,
that she's in her right senses."

Another "medium," who has a wealthy clientele, and who gives only private
seances, whence all unfriendly influences are rigorously excluded, did not
desire to appear in print, as she told her visitor, since it would look
like "bad form" to those who came to her for supernatural enlightenment.

She was asked, however, if she held the Fox sisters in much esteem as
the pioneers of Spiritualism. She said she did, but personally knew
nothing of them.

When told about the threatened exposure she expressed very great
surprise, and declared that it would be a deep mortification to
believers in Spiritualism.

"I don't believe she can expose any fraud. But if fraud exists, why,
then, I say let it be exposed; the sooner the better. There's no
fraud about me, that's very certain, and I've some of the very best
people in New York to come here."

"I'll tell you what! I have heard that the Fox sisters are dreadfully
addicted to drink. I don't know how far it is true, but I wouldn't
believe anything