The Pastor shows both Perkins and his brother the Sheriff... the wooden crucifixes within the satchel... for it is indeed spiritual warfare... against what? who? A demon, a beast... and a man, a certain evil man who is in the guise of a teacher at the schoolhouse where young Perkins attends to, but most importantly, for protection against the forces of these evils... how will that go down is for the listener to see, to hear, on this episode of Curse of the Mandrake.