The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-09-11

dunn accused her OF being Echo a
By Echo June Zahl
Some people achieve publicity
some cry for II and others have II
thrust upon them.
The third class is the most per
nicious. II Il Is determined 20 re-
.ist publiclty-its armour II ada.
mantine-and n reporter IN about
as popular as jazz band at
funeral.
am laughing and shivering-
laughing at what is. and shivering
at what MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
II all happened this way.
Mrs. John Foyler. wife OF bust
ness man OF Arlington. Wash. saw
n pamphlet that exploited the
camping facilities at Lake Surprise,
which Is about SO miles from Sc
attic on the seattleTacoma Inter
urban. The pamphlet also men
toned the meeting OF Spirituaiist
society. but said that persons
might come 10 camp who had no
connection with the society.
Goes 70 Meeting
Mrs. Feyler decided that this was
just wha, she wanted. TO recupcr.
ate from an illness.
So she took her French bulldog
Don" and left for Lake Surprise.
She was nightly pleased with
the grounds. There was perfect
bathing and fishing in the lake.
For two days everything went like
the well-oiled wheels OF Olympus
gardens.
But on the third day. Mrs. Fcyicr
decided. out OF curiosity. 20 attend
ono OF the spiritualist meetings.
Echo zahl Was rhsrsi
As she sat there. complaccnuy /
surveying her audience. medium
came slowly TO the middle OF the |
platform. swept her eyes casually /
over the assembly and then fixed 4
them on Mrs. Fcyler With awful /
soiemnity she raised her finger. |
pointed Il NJ Mrs. feyier and said
"A symbol has come 10 me. II
has told me that Echo Zahl In here,
| see Indians with tomahawks and
rcd paint. There is going TO be
trouble"
Every eye In the auditorium was
glued TO Mrs Fcyicr.
Tries 70 Josh EN-
She thot the situation extremely |
iudlcrous and thot Il wiAest to
laugh II off. so she told me when
I visited her at her home ycstcr
day.
well. how did you guess ~
Sure I'm Miss Zahi"
But with these words her doom
was sealed She was an ouicast.
a ieper--as far as Universal Broth
erhood of man was concerned. A
she walked thru tho grounds me
heard whispers. There she goes.
There's Miss Zahl." etc.
1T was now an everyday occur
cnce for mo TO approach a group
OF two or three women and start
talking 10 them. One would drtft
away, and then another and finally /
| found myself standing there all
alone" smiled Mrs. Feyler
Denies She's Echo
About n week after the expose.
Mrs. Feyler thot to end everything. |
so she appeared in one OF the meet.
ings again. arose and said she was
not Echo Zahl and bad never seen
her.
This seemed 10 satisfy somewhat
tho Spiritualists. but not for long |
One day another medium appeared.
said there was little haze about |
the last symbol and had another.
that Mrs Fcyler was n stool pigeon,
sent out by the National Spiritual.
list Society 20 spy on them.
The spiritualists at Lake Sur
prise have an independent society |
not connected with either the state |
or national societies. That they did |
not court publicity Is shown in
their treatment of Mrs. Feyler
when they thought she was a news
paper woman.
Tho climax was reached when
she was forcibly elected from the
grounds. Tho leader OF the camp.
big, menacing. with a white moat
In his eye. appeared before Mrs
Feyler after the shades OF night
and rain had fallen. and said that
she was Echo Zahl and wasn't |
wnutod on the grounds Her de |
NAL was worth nothing TO him.
There are people here who |
know you. Your age, appearance.
everything is Identical. We want
no reporters"
But I am SO miles from Seat
tle." said Mrs. Feyler.
Doesn't make any difference"
she said she was told. Your tent |
has been rented"
There were thirty enapty tends ON |
the ground.
10 eaxsgo sbegssr
A klna woaHpan In tine naeg n b@ring |
tent leaaea OCT Ia the wet and Of
ferea n shelter to MRS. Feyler
But this was an aaaed besmb TO
the enraged boss OF the camp. He |
ranted. de raved. He shook his
fist. The more he talked tho |
angrier he got - and life spelled |
tragedy to Mrs. Feyler.
Finally. a woman appeared in re-
Spouse to a summons and carried |
off all the bed clothes. followed by
the moat-eyed man himself.
When Mrs. Feyler saw the blan-
kets disappearing into the dark |
wetness. her lips frightened into a
determined line aid she went into |
the tent. wrapped herself In n
Couple u auto robes that she had |
with btE' and waited for morning. |
with morning came the decision |
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