The men nearest him shoved forward with their lanterns, illuminating the torn sheepskin as they crowded around, and bent over the table, as I drew back to give them room.
“Aye, I can make that out, too.�
“By—� burst out one hoarsely, “that’s the spot.�
“What does it mean?� the boatswain asked after a long stare.
“It means, if there is any truth in it, that the treasure is thereabouts.�
“What treasure?�
“The plunder of a Spanish galleon.�
“An’ how did it git on the island?�
“It was buried in that cave there a hundred and fifty years ago by one Philip Wilberforce, an English buccaneer.�
“And how come this girl by news of it?�