Caught in His Own Trap (1910)
A young girl is sought and courted by an ardent young lover of a somewhat insignificant type who is very objectionable to her parents. They will have none of him, notwithstanding the earnest pleadings of their daughter in his behalf. One evening the old father takes a position in the library adjoining the parlor, where the young lovers are courting, hoping to catch them making love and finding some excuse to forbid the young man from coming to the house. After several unsuccessful attempts, he hits upon an idea to trap them. He makes arrangements to have a large mirror placed in the hall wherein is reflected a full view of the parlor, which he can plainly see from the library. The lovers, unconscious of this arrangement, are in their accustomed places billing and cooing. The father sees them in the mirror, rushes into the parlor, tells them how he saw them and tells the young man, "Begone." His sweetheart, in tears, protests, but her father is obdurate and the beau makes a hasty exit to escape the wrath of the old man. Alone, the young girl does some thinking on her own account, and, going to the window, calls her lover back and helps him in through the window. This time they do their sparking while keeping an eye on the mirror. They detect the old man making love to the maid. He is just in the act of kissing her when the lovers suddenly make their appearance and threaten to tell his wife unless he consents to their marriage. At this point his wife comes in and he is obliged, in self-defense, to consent and at the same time plead with his wife in their behalf. The father reluctantly gives them his blessing, and the mother grudgingly consents. Thus the trap which he set for others proved the old gentleman's undoing.
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