Young Romance #1 [103]

Martha's widowed father marries widow Clara, who arrives with her grown son Jack. Jack and Martha become friends and then fall in love, despite Clara's attempts to keep them apart. When the two young people announce their intention to elope, Clara explains: Jack has a hereditary disease that killed his father, and may have only a few years to live himself. Martha and Jack don't care: \"at least we'll be together!\"