Mrs. Red Pepper by Grece S. Richmond — Read

Redfield Pepper Burns and Mrs. Burns returned from their stay in Germany just three months later than they had intended. The opportunities for extended study and observation had proved so tempting to the surgeon who had taken only a fortnight's vacation in several years that he had decided to make the most of them. The pair had been kept fully informed of the progress of events, had wept tears of gentle grief over the news of Granny's sudden passing, and had smiled with satisfaction over that which shortly followed it -- the news of the marriage which had immediately taken place.

Charlotte had written to her friend a brief description, which -- Ellen reading it aloud to her husband -- had called forth his sparkling-eyed comment: