Love's Labor Lost (1911)

John Hopkins and Walter Stull were deep, deep in love with Peggy Glenn. It happened that they both called on the same evening. They could not conceal their hatred of each other. The first word led to the retort courteous and then swiftly to the quip modest, the reply churlish, the reproof valiant and finally to the lie direct. Pretty Peggy left the room and then the two young men left the house. They went to their respective clubs, where they told their respective friends of their respective hatreds. John's friends advised a duel. The challenge was sent and Walter readily accepted. Both arrived with their friends at the dueling ground by the old mill. It so happened that that same day Harry Myers, an old admirer of Peggy, returned unexpectedly from the west. He lost no time in calling on the girl he could not forget. He had the pleasure of seeing that he was not forgotten. Just at this moment a stable boy rushed in to tell Peggy about the duel. Harry seized the psychological moment, proposed and was accepted. Then Peggy sent the stable boy with a note to the duelists announcing her engagement.

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GenresComedy Short