Romantic Adventures #6
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"The Acid Test" follows Susan, who is in love with Craig Radcliffe but must pass his mother's approval before he will declare his love for her. When Craig takes Susan to meet his mother for tea, Mrs. Radcliffe subjects Susan to a series of tests and humiliations, deliberately breaking her prized china and mocking her clumsiness. Susan ultimately stands up to Mrs. Radcliffe's cruelty and leaves with Craig, who declares his love and reveals that his mother's scheming was meant to break their bond—but instead it confirms that Susan is right for him.
Harriet Wright has spent her life lost in romantic daydreams, imagining the arrival of her knight in shining armor while the real world passes her by—a habit that has followed her from schoolgirl to her current job as an elevator operator in a bustling hotel. When the charming South American diplomat Señor Juan Fernandez enters her elevator, Harriet's heart soars, and she finally works up the courage to act on her feelings instead of simply daydreaming about them. As the two grow closer, Harriet must navigate the tension between her fantasy world and the reality unfolding before her, all while contending with the unwelcome advances of her boss, Donald Greene.
A year of hardship has driven Elizabeth Quincy to defy Marblehead's strictures and seek work at Winthrop Trading Enterprises, where the kind-hearted Thomas Winthrop offers her a way out of poverty—and his heart. But when the charming Captain Jack Newcombe enters her life, Elizabeth finds herself torn between the security of Winthrop's devotion and the passionate pull of a forbidden love, forcing her to choose between gratitude and desire on the rocky New England coast.
From prehistoric capture to modern romance, this tour through courtship customs across the ages shows how men and women have pursued love—and how those methods have changed dramatically over time. The story traces everything from cave-man abduction to ancient Greek tree-carving, from Homer's gift-giving to Polynesian flower exchanges, revealing that while the trappings of romance shift, the impulse to win a heart remains timeless. A lighter companion piece, "China Doll," follows a young woman frustrated by her boyfriend's overprotective treatment during a sailing outing, hinting at tensions beneath their romance.
A puppet master pours her heart into her marionettes when a creative disagreement with Phil Coburn, her writing partner and fiancé, threatens to pull them apart. As Sylvia channels genuine emotion into her puppets' performance, she discovers that the raw feeling she's infused into them may be exactly what's needed to remind Phil what truly matters. When he sees her puppets come alive with authentic love on stage, the magic works in ways neither of them expected.
Chuck Walker's daughter Jeannie dreams of Broadway stardom and escape from her dreary job as a dry-goods clerk in small-town Plainville, inspired by memories of her father's glory days as a song-and-dance performer. When she meets Whitey, a kind-hearted bus driver, she falls hard—but his vision of a quiet life in a small cottage clashes with her burning ambition for the stage. Determined to follow her star to New York, Jeannie leaves Whitey and her hometown behind, only to discover that the bright lights she chased aren't as welcoming as she imagined.
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Reprinted in Lovelorn #58 (1955)
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