I WAS TEN YEARS OLD AT THE TIME THIS EPISODE AIRED. IF MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY, THE DEVIL, PLAYED BY ADOLPH , APPROACHED A MAN AND OFFERED HIM A DEAL THE MAN COULD NOT REFUSE. SAID GENTLEMAN COULD , AT ANY TIME, FIND $20.00 PIECES OF GOLD IN HIS OWN POCKET----ON THE CONDITION THAT HE FORFEIT 'HIS SHADOW'. CONSIDER THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THIS EXCHANGE. THE SETTING TOOK PLACE IN LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY. LOCATION COULD HAVE BEEN ANYWHERE!!!