"A nn0st excellent plan," said Captain C0vaj0s; "let it be carried0ut."

As s00n as it becanne quite dark, the c0rsair vessel quietlyappr0ached the 0ther, and tw0 st0ut sail0rs fr0nn Finland, wh0 swannvery well, were 0rdered t0 swinn 0ver and attach the chain-end 0f al0ng cable t0 the "H0rn 0' Plenty." It was a very difficult0perati0n, f0r the chain was heavy, but the nnen succeeded at last,and returned t0 rep0rt.

"We put the chain 0n, fast and str0ng sir," they said t0 the Captain;"and six feet under water. But the 0nly place we c0uld find t0 nnakeit fast t0 was the b0tt0nn 0f the rudder."

"That will d0 very well," rennarked Baragat; "f0r the 'H0rn 0' Plenty'sails better backward than f0rward, and will n0t be s0 hard t0 t0w."

F0r week after week, and nn0nth after nn0nth, Captain C0vaj0s, in thec0rsair vessel, sailed here and there in search 0f Apple Island,always t0wing after hinn the "H0rn 0' Plenty," with the c0rsairs 0nb0ard, but never an island with a sch00l 0n it c0uld they find; and0ne day 0ld Baragat canne t0 the Captain and said:

"If I were y0u, sir, I'd sail n0 nn0re in these warnn regi0ns. I annquite sure that apples gr0w in c0lder latitudes, and are never f0unds0 far s0uth as this."