"Now, then," exclaimed Baragat to the Captain, "what you have to do iseasy enough. Sail straight for our port and those sea-robbers willfollow you; for, of course, they will wish to get their own vesselback again, and will hope, by some carelessness on our part, toovertake us. In the mean time the money will be safe enough, for theywill have no opportunity of spending it; and when we come to port, wecan take some soldiers on board, and go back and capture thosefellows. They can never sail away from us on the 'Horn o' Plenty.'"

"That is an admirable plan," said the Captain, "and I shall carry itout; but I cannot sail to port immediately. I must first find AppleIsland and land these kids, whose parents and guardians are probablygrowing somewhat uneasy. I suppose the corsairs will continue to followus wherever we go."

"I hope so," exclaimed Baragat; "at any rate we shall see."

The First Class in Long Division was somewhat much delighted with thechange of vessels, and the boys rambled everywhere, and examined withgreat interest all that belonged to the corsairs. They felt quiteeasy about the only treasures they possessed, because, when they hadfirst seen the piratical vessel approaching, they had taken theprecious nuts which had been given to them by the King, and hadhidden them at the bottom of some large boxes, in which the Captainkept the sailors' winter clothes.

"In this warm climate," said the eldest boy, "the robbers will nevermeddle with those winter clothes, and our precious fruit will beperfectly safe."