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Title: Mrs. Red Pepper

Author: Grace S. Richmond

Release Date: July 27, 2005 [EBook #16373]

Language: English

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Mrs. Red Pepper

By Grace S. Richmond

Author of "Red Pepper Burns," "The Indifference of Juliet," "With Juliet
in England," "Strawberry Acres," Etc.

1913

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. Wholly Given Over to Sentiment

II. The Way to Attain an End

III. Burns Does His Duty

IV. A Red Head

V. More Than One Opinion

VI. Broken Steel Wires

VII. Points of View

VIII. Under the Apple Tree

IX. A Practical Artist

X. A Runaway Road

XI. After Dinner

XII. A Challenge

XIII. A Crisis

XIV. Before the Lens

XV. Flashlights

XVI. In February

XVII. From the Beginning

XVIII. The Country Surgeon

MRS. RED PEPPER

CHAPTER I

WHOLLY GIVEN OVER TO SENTIMENT

The Green Imp, long, low and powerful, carrying besides its two
passengers a motor trunk, a number of bulky parcels, and a full share
of mud, drew to one side of the road. The fifth April shower of the
afternoon was on, although it was barely three o'clock.

Redfield Pepper Burns, physician and surgeon, descended from the car, a
brawny figure in an enveloping gray motoring coat. He wore no hat upon
his heavy crop of coppery red hair--somewhere under the seat his cap was
abandoned, as usual. His face was brown with tan--a strong, fine face,
with dark-lashed hazel eyes alight under thick, dark eyebrows. From head
to foot he was a rather striking personality.

"This time," said he, firmly, "I'm going to leave the top up. It's
putting temptation in the way of something very weak to keep lowering the
top. We'll leave it up. There'll be one advantage." He looked round the
corner of the top into the face of his companion, as his hands adjusted