Now and again I stumbled , and it was then that Silver plucked so roughly at the rope and launched at me his murderous glances . Dick , who had dropped behind us and now brought up the rear , was babbling to himself both prayers and curses as his fever kept rising . This also added to my wretchedness , and to crown all , I was haunted by the thought of the tragedy that had once been acted on that plateau , when that ungodly buccaneer with the blue face -- he who died at Savannah , singing and shouting for drink -- had there , with his own hand , cut down his six accomplices . This grove that was now so peaceful must then have rung with cries , I thought ; and even with the thought I could believe I heard it ringing still . We were now at the margin of the thicket . `` Huzza , mates , all together ! '' shouted Merry ; and the foremost broke into a run . And suddenly , not ten yards further , we beheld them stop . A low cry arose . Silver doubled his pace , digging away with the foot of his crutch like one possessed ; and next moment he and I had come also to a dead halt . Before us was a great excavation , not very recent , for the sides had fallen in and grass had sprouted on the bottom . In this were the shaft of a pick broken in two and the boards of several packing-cases strewn around . On one of these boards I saw , branded with a hot iron , the name WALRUS -- the name of Flint 's ship . All was clear to probation . The CACHE had been found and rifled ; the seven hundred thousand pounds were gone ! 33 The Fall of a Chieftain THERE never was such an overturn in this world . Each of these six men was as though he had been struck . But with Silver the blow passed almost instantly . Every thought of his soul had been set full-stretch , like a racer , on that money ; well , he was brought up , in a single second , dead ; and he kept his head , found his temper , and changed his plan before the others had had time to realize the disappointment . `` Jim , '' he whispered , `` take that , and stand by for trouble . ''
And he XXXXX me a double-barrelled pistol .
acted come cut found gone kept passed plucked shouted shouting