Young Jimmy Lane and his wife, Laura, are entertaining an unwelcome visitor in their small home in Haleysburg. Mr Clayton has come to claim the IOU Jimmy offered at Mr Clayton's gambling table, which stated plainly that the debt was to be paid by 1st September. Well it's the day before the debt is due, and Jimmy only has $100. Mr Clayton offers a compromise. If Jimmy comes down to the gambling tables tonight, maybe he will get lucky and win enough to clear his debts...