Red-Hair

"Well, he was supposed to know hardly a word, " said Red-Hair.

The Mystery of the Vanished Prince Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1966

Larry and Pip said good-bye to Red-Hair and his friends and squeezed through the hedge to Ern. Pip had put the pyjama button safely into his pocket.

The Mystery of the Vanished Prince Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1966

Thou canst not walk under the water in the Deep Pool with a heavy stone on thy shoulder -- as Red-Hair has done. '

The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 Louis Becke 1884

Harry from Yap before she became wife to Red-Hair.

The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 Louis Becke 1884

And for this was Nanakin's heart bigger than ever to Red-Hair, for out of the ship, before he burnt her, he took many riches -- knives, guns and powder, and beads and pieces of silk; and half of all he gave to

The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 Louis Becke 1884

But yet had Red-Hair one day put a stone upon his shoulder, and carried it under the water from one end of the pool to another -- this to show the people that he feared no devils.

The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 Louis Becke 1884

The skin of Red-Hair was as white as sand that lies always in the sun that of Harry was brown, and covered from his neck to his feet with strange tattooing, more beautiful than that of the men of Ponape.

The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 Louis Becke 1884

And for long, long years no one knew how it was that Red-Hair lost his head till

The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 Louis Becke 1884

But the white skin of Red-Hair gleamed like the belly of a shark when it turneth -- then it disappeared.

The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 Louis Becke 1884

'I thank thee, O chief, for thy prayers; else had the devils of the pool taken off my head as they have taken off that of Red-Hair, and devoured my body as they have devoured his.'

The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 Louis Becke 1884