You say he bet everything he had ?" "To the last dollar--Kirby egged him on.

Besides the money, a deed to his land, and a bill of sale for his negroes were on the table." "The field hands, you mean ?" "Yes, and the house servants.

Kirby insisted that he write these words, 'This includes every chattel slave legally belonging to me,' and made Beaucaire sign it in that form." Haines' face was white, his eyes staring at me incredulously.
"God help us, man! Do you know what that means ?" he gasped.
"I am almost afraid I do," I answered, yet startled by his manner.
"That was why I sent for you.

Would that include his son's daughter ?" He buried his face in his hands.
"Yes," he confessed brokenly.

"To the best of my knowledge Rene Beaucaire is a slave.".