Lovers' Lane #29
In "Test of Love," a poignant 1952 story from Lovers' Lane #29, widow Mary struggles to care for her two children after her husband’s death in Korea. When a new suitor, Charles, grows uncomfortable around the kids and pressures her to send them away, Mary must choose between love and loyalty to her family. The issue’s emotional core is grounded in quiet moments and tough decisions, with Bob—an old Army friend of her late husband—offering a new kind of hope. Cover by ?; typeset captions.
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After Mary’s husband is killed in Korea, she gets a secretarial job to support her two children. A year later she begins to date Charles, who feels “awkward with kids around.” He urges Mary to send her children to live with their grandparents, so he and Mary can wed. He doesn’t “intend to be a breadticket for someone else’s children” and doesn’t “want them around to remind me of your life with another man.” Mary breaks up with him. Bob, an old Army buddy of her late husband, shows up and he’ll be Mary’s new husband and a father to her children.
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