Nellie was silent, but she trembled as a leaf in the wind as the insidious logic of the tempter drove distrust into her soul.
"The religion of Father David tells you to allow the Spirit of God to come into your heart—does it not?" argued Thompson. "And does it not tell you to rid yourself of the spirit of evil—the devil? and what is the difference between the evil spirit, whether he is called the Devil or Txamsem, or is known as the Evil One or Huldowget?
"And," he went on when she made no reply, "if a good spirit can enter the body of a man or woman, so can a bad spirit. Is it not so?"
"May be," whispered the girl.
"Don't mistake me," urged the man. "I believe in the teachings of Father David, but I believe also in the power of the spirits as our mothers' people knew them.
"I am a
