In the Days of Slavery (1914)
Colonel Fairfax's one vice was his love of gambling. He could no more resist the temptations of poker than he could fly. The fascinating chances that he in the turn of a card held an irresistible power over him, and once started in his favorite game, all else seemed of such small importance that he was quite willing to risk any or all of his worldly possessions. So it was that when the Colonel chanced to travel up the river with Jasper Carter, a game was started that lasted the entire trip. The Colonel was pretty badly hit and when he finally left the game, he was still in Jasper's debt to the extent of several thousand dollars. A few days later, Jasper called and politely intimated that he would like to be paid. The Colonel, on his last legs financially, was forced to temporize. Jasper coolly suggested to the Colonel that he give him his daughter, Virginia, instead of the money. Under any other circumstances, Colonel Fairfax would have struck the man who dared even to suggest such a thing, but as it was, he was in a very tight hole and Jasper knew it. So the Colonel went so far to explain the whole situation to Virginia. Divided between her obvious duty to her father and a lively hatred and contempt for Carter. Virginia sought the comfort and advice of Miranda, her old mammy and servant. While Miranda stroked her hair, Virginia fell asleep and dreamed that Carter had stripped her father of all his possessions and had sent him penniless and hopeless away from his former estates, accompanied only by his daughter. Jasper and Miranda, now his property, were on the boat which was to bear the Colonel and his daughter into exile. In a frenzy of despair, Virginia took her mother's jewels from her neck, and begged the Colonel to buy Miranda from Carter with them. Carter refused, but offered to play the Colonel at cards, staking the jewels against Miranda. The Colonel accepted, and lost. But Carter was cheated of his winnings, for Miranda jumped overboard and was swept away. Virginia awoke with a scream and found that the shadow of Jasper Carter had passed like the evil dream for John Owen, the man she loved, had come to her father's assistance and life was once again a happy and a pleasant thing.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Richard Ridgely | Director |
| Richard Ridgely | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Herbert Prior | |
| Mabel Trunnelle | |
| Bigelow Cooper | |
| Alice Forsythe |
