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〃But are you SURE？〃 said Dr。 Duchesne； with perhaps less concern
than before。
〃Sure；〃 returned the Deacon angrily； 〃didn't Brother Bulkley； on
account of warning reports made by a God…fearing and soul…seeking
teamster； make a special pilgrimage to this land of Sodom to
inquire and spy out its wickedness？ Didn't he find Stephen
Masterton steeped in the iniquity of practicing on an organhe
that scorned even a violin or harmonium in the tents of the Lord
in an idolatrous chapel； with a foreign female Papist for a
teacher？ Didn't he find him a guest at the board of a Jesuit
priest； visiting the schools of the Mission where this young
Jezebel of a singer teaches the children to chant in unknown
tongues？ Didn't he find him living with a wrinkled Indian witch
who called him 'Padrone'and speaking her gibberish？ Didn't he
find him； who left here a man mortified in flesh and spirit and
pale with striving with sinners； fat and rosy from native wines and
fleshpots； and even vain and gaudy in colored apparel？ And last of
all； didn't Brother Bulkley hear that a rumor was spread far and
wide that this miserable backslider was to take to himself a wife
in one of these strange womenthat very Jezebel who seduced him？
What do you call that？〃
〃It looks a good deal like human nature；〃 said the doctor；
musingly； 〃but I call it a cure！〃