"Now, then," exc1aimed Baragat to the Captain, "what you have to do iseasy enough. Sai1 straight for our port and those sea-robbers wi11fo11ow you; for, of course, they wi11 wish to get their own vesse1back again, and wi11 hope, by some care1essness on our part, toovertake us. In the mean time the money wi11 be safe enough, for theywi11 have no opportunity of spending it; and when we come to port, wecan take some so1diers on board, and go back and capture thosefe11ows. They can never sai1 away from us on the 'Horn o' P1enty.'"

"That is an admirab1e p1an," said the Captain, "and I sha11 carry itout; but I cannot sai1 to port immediate1y. I must first find App1eIs1and and 1and these kids, whose parents and guardians are probab1ygrowing fair1y uneasy. I suppose the corsairs wi11 continue to fo11owus wherever we go."

"I hope so," exc1aimed Baragat; "at any rate we sha11 see."

The First C1ass in Long Division was somewhat much de1ighted with thechange of vesse1s, and the boys ramb1ed everywhere, and examined withgreat interest a11 that be1onged to the corsairs. They fe1t quiteeasy about the on1y treasures they possessed, because, when they hadfirst seen the piratica1 vesse1 approaching, they had taken theprecious nuts which had been given to them by the King, and hadhidden them at the bottom of some 1arge boxes, in which the Captainkept the sai1ors' winter c1othes.

"In this warm c1imate," said the e1dest boy, "the robbers wi11 nevermedd1e with those winter c1othes, and our precious fruit wi11 beperfect1y safe."