A Game of Hearts (1910)
The young man and his father called by appointment upon the young lady and her father. While the old gentlemen were playing cards, the young people were occupying their time in love making, whispering "sweet nothings" into each other's ears. Suddenly a terrific clamor burst forth from the adjoining room. The old men were fighting a wordy battle over their game. Rising from the chair on which both were seated the young folks dashed into the other room and separated their belligerent parents. The row ended by the withdrawal of the father and son, the former vowing never to darken the doors of his late opponent again, nor to allow his son to do so either, the other old man angrily pointing to the door. Here were two loving young hearts torn asunder. End their fond dreams of the future dissolved into thin air. But the lover was not of the give-up kind and concocted a plan by means of which the old men could be brought together. Visiting the girl by stealth, he laid the scheme before her and she entering heart and soul into it, they proceeded to put it into operation. They each wrote a note to the other, stating that they could never marry a person whose father was such a poor card player. They then exchanged notes and each presented the other's missive to their parent. This resulted in an exceedingly torrid conversation over the telephone, between the two old codgers, during which a challenge was issued and accepted for another duel at cards. Again the father and son called at the house of the old man and his daughter and the game opened. Through the skillful manipulation of the cards by the young folks, each of the old men won a game and both were equally confident of winning the rubber. Then the young man produced what was apparently a brand new deck of cards, but which was, in reality, a portion of two decks, and the young people dealt them each identically the same hand, the best in the deck. Each saw victory within his grasp and delighted at the prospect, they began playing. Imagine their surprise and horror at the seemingly despicable cheating of the other, when they discovered that each held exactly the same hands. This, of course, led to another row, even more violent than the preceding one, which was finally quelled by the young people, who each took in hand the other's parent, convincing them that it proved neither of them the better player. Amicable relations were again established and the opposition to the marriage of their children was withdrawn by the fond parents.
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