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Preface
The need for a cumulative subject index was recognized by the founding editors
of Methods in Enzymology who prepared one for Volumes I through VI by weeding
and interpolating from the entries that had been indexed in the individual volumes.
As the series developed in number and complexity, different individuals with
different backgrounds served as volume indexers. Subsequently, the series was
fortunate in having Dr. Martha G. Dennis and Dr. Edward A. Dennis accept the
challenge of digitizing the data available from these indexes, and this effort resulted
in Volumes 33, 75, and 95, which cover Volumes I through 80.
Although each of these three books produced with the aid of digitization
provided an appropriate cumulative index, major problems were encountered. One
was time, both expensive computer time and lag time before such efforts resulted in
publication. The most important difficulty was that the compilers were hampered
by the lack of uniformity in the indexing of the individual volumes, resulting in
the need for much hand editing to achieve a reasonable collation. The products
were very decent, if uneven, indexes that also contributed to the methodology of
computerized indexing, albeit with much delay and great expense.
This cumulative index was produced by Keith Shostak. Following a set of
established guidelines, Dr. Shostak collected and compiled the entries from the in-
dividual volume indexes to produce the cumulative index. Since there is a tendency
to identify specific topics and methods with particular individuals, a contributor
index is included as well as the complete table of contents of each of the volumes
indexed. In addition to Volume 320, the cumulative indexes in this series include
Volumes 33, 75, 95, 120, 140, 175, 199, 229, 265,285, and 320.
vii
C o n t e n t s of V o l u m e s 3 2 1 - 3 5 4
V O L U M E 321
NUMERICAL COMPUTER METHODS
Michael L. Johnson and Ludwig Brand
ix
CONTENTS OF VOLUMES 321-354 X
13. Kinetic Models and Data Analysis Methods for EDWARDL. RACHOFSKY
Fluorescence Anisotropy Decay ANDWILLIAMR. LAWS 216
V O L U M E 322
APOPTOSIS
John C. Reed
27. Assays for Studying Bax-Induced Lethality in the QUNLI XU, NING KE,
Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae SHIGEMIMATSUYAMA,
AND JOHN C. REED 283
28. Exploiting the Utility of Yeast in the Context of CATHERINEN. TORGLER,
Programmed Cell Death ROBIN BROWN,
AND ERIC MELDRUM 297
S e c t i o n VII. S t u d y i n g R e c e p t o r s a n d S i g n a l T r a n s d u c t i o n Events
Implicated in Cell Survival and Cell Death
29. Production of Recombinant TRAIL and TRAIL PASCALSCHNEIDER 325
Receptor: Fc Chimeric Proteins
S e c t i o n VIII. O t h e r M e t h o d s
38. Measurement of Cellular Oxidation, Reactive LISA M. ELLERBY
Oxygen Species, and Antioxidant Enzymes AND DALEE. BREDESEN 413
during Apoptosis
VOLUME 323
ENERGETICS OF BIOLOGICALMACROMOLECULES (PART C)
Michael L. Johnson and Gary K. Ackers
VOLUME 324
BRANCHED-CHAIN AMINO ACIDS (PART B)
Robert A. Harris and John R. Sokatch
S e c t i o n I. P r e p a r a t i o n o f S u b s t r a t e s , A s s a y s o f I n t e r m e d i a t e s
and Enzymes, and Use of Enzyme Inhibitors
1. Synthesis and Gas Chromatography/Mass ORVALA. MAMER 3
Spectrometry Analysis of Stereoisomers of
2-Hydroxy-3 -methylpentanoic Acid
2. Analysis of Intracellular Metabolites as Tool for SABINEEPELBAUM,
StudyingBranched-ChainAmino Acid Biosyn- DAVIDM. CHIPMAN,
thesis and Its Inhibition in Bacteria AND ZE'EV BARAK 10
3. Determinationof Branched-ChainL-Amino-Acid PETERSCHADEWALDT 23
Aminotransferase Activity
4. Analysis of (S)- and (R)-3-Methyl-2-oxopenta- PETERSCHADEWALDT 33
noate Enantiomorphs in Body Fluids
5. Spectrophotometric Assay for Measuring PHILIPR. BECKETT 40
Branched-Chain Amino Acids
xvii CONTENTS OF VOLUMES 321-354
S e c t i o n II. C l o n i n g , E x p r e s s i o n , a n d P u r i f i c a t i o n o f E n z y m e s
of Branched-Chain Amino Acid Metabolism
10. Isolation of Subunits of Acetohydroxy Acid MARIA VYAZMENSKY,
Synthase Isozyme III and Reconstitution of TSIONAELKAYAM,
Holoenzyme DAVID M. CHIPMAN,
ANDZE'EV BARAK 95
S e c t i o n III. D e t e c t i o n a n d C o n s e q u e n c e s o f G e n e t i c D e f e c t s
in Genes Encoding Enzymes of Branched-Chain
Amino Acid Metabolism
38. Diagnosis and Mutational Analysis of Maple JACINTAL. CHUANG
Syrup Urine Disease Using Cell Cultures AND DAVIDT. CHUANG 413
CONTENTS OF VOLUMES 321-354 XX
S e c t i o n IV. R e g u l a t i o n a n d E x p r e s s i o n o f E n z y m e s o f
Branched-Chain Amino Acid Metabolism
43. Regulation of Expression of Branched-Chain JEFFREYM. CHINSKY
ot-Keto Acid Dehydrogenase Subunits in Per- ANDPAULA. COSTEAS 479
manent Cell Lines
44. Expression of Murine Branched-Chain ot-Keto CHRISTOPHERB. DOERING
Acid Dehydrogenase Kinase AND DEANJ. DANNER 491
45. Regulation of Branched-Chain ot-Keto Acid YI-SHUIANHUANG
Dehydrogenase Kinase Gene Expression by AND DAVIDT. CHUANG 498
Glucocorticoids in Hepatoma Cells and Rat
Liver
VOLUME 325
REGULATORS AND EFFECTORS OF SMALL GTPASES (PART D: RHO FAMILY)
W. E. Balch, Channing J. Der, and Alan Hall
S e c t i o n I. P u r i f i c a t i o n , P o s t t r a n s l a t i o n a l Modification, and
in Vitro R e g u l a t i o n
1. Purification and Biochemical Characterization of CHERYLL. NEUDAUER
TC10 AND IAN G. MACARA 3
2. Expression and Purification of Rho/RhoGDI PAULW. READ
Complexes AND ROBERTK. NAKAMOTO 15
3. Bacterial Expressed DH and DH/PH Domains KENTL. ROSSMAN
AND SHARONL. CAMPBELL 25
xxi CONTENTS OF VOLUMES 3 2 1 - 3 5 4
S e c t i o n III. A n a l y s i s o f R h o G T P a s e F u n c t i o n
22. Determination of GTP Loading on Rac and Cdc42 ANSER C. AZIM,
in Platelets and Fibroblasts KURT L. BARKALOW,
AND JOHN H. HARTWIG 257
S e c t i o n IV. B i o l o g i c a l A s s a y s o f R h o G T P a s e F u n c t i o n
36. Rho-like GTPases in Tumor Cell Invasion EVA E. EVERS,
ROB A. VAN DER KAMMEN,
JEAN P. TEN KLOOSTER,
AND JOHN G. COLLARD 403
42. Rho GTPases and Axonal Growth Cone Collapse ALYSONE. FOURNIER,
ROBERT G. KALB,AND
STEPHENM. STRITTMATTER 473
43. Study of in Situ Function of Cytoskeletal Emc V. WONG
Proteins in Lamellipodia and Filopodia Using AND DANIELG. JAY 482
Microscale Chromophore-Assisted Laser Inac-
tivation
44. Modulation of Actin Cytoskeleton by Salmonella JORGEE. GAL,~N
GTPase Activating Protein SptP AND YIXINFU 496
VOLUME 326
APPLICATIONS OF CHIMERIC GENES AND HYBRID PROTEINS (PART A:
GENE EXPRESSION AND PROTEIN PURIFICATION)
Jeremy Thomer, Scott D. Emr, and John N. Abelson
S e c t i o n I. H i s t o r i c a l O v e r v i e w
1. The All Purpose Gene Fusion JON BECKWlTH
S e c t i o n II. G e n e F u s i o n s a s R e p o r t e r s o f G e n e E x p r e s s i o n i n
Prokaryotic Cells
2. A Practical Guide to the Construction and Use of NICHOLASJ. HANDAND
lac Fusions in Escherichia coli THOMASJ. SILHAVY 11
3. TaggingExportedProteinsUsingEscherichiacoli COLINMANOIL 35
Alkaline Phosphatase Gene Fusions
4. Applications of Gene Fusions to Green Fluores- RAPHAELH. VALD1VIAAND
cent Protein and Flow Cytometry to the Study LALITARAMAKRISHNAN 47
of Bacterial Gene Expression in Host Cells
5. IVET and RIVET: Use of Gene Fusions to Iden- JAMESM. SLAUCH
tify Bacterial Virulence Factors Specifically In- AND ANDREWCAMILLI 73
duced in Host Tissues
6. Identification of Exported Bacterial Proteins via MICAHJ. WORLEY
Gene Fusions to Yersinia pseudotuberculosis ANDFREDHEFFRON 97
Invasin
S e c t i o n Ill. G e n e F u s i o n s a s R e p o r t e r s o f G e n e E x p r e s s i o n i n
Eukaryotic Cells
7. Use of Imidazoleglycerolphosphate Dehydratase JOE HORECKAAND
(His3) as a Biological Reporter in Yeast GEORGEE SPRAGUE,JR. 107
XXV CONTENTS OF VOLUMES 321-354
11. Utility of the Secreted Placental Alkaline Phos- BRYAN R. CULLEN 159
phatase Reporter Enzyme
S e c t i o n IV. F u n c t i o n a l T a g s f o r B i o c h e m i c a l P u r i f i c a t i o n
16. Purification of Proteins Using Polyhistidine JOSHUA A. BORNHORST
Affinity Tags ANDJOSEPHJ. FALKE 245
18. Use of the Strep-Tag and Streptavidin for Detec- ARNE SKERRAAND
tion and Purification of Recombinant Proteins THOMASG. M. SCHMIDT 271
23. The S. Tag Fusion System for Protein Purification RONALD T. RAINES,
MARK MCCORMICK,
THOMAS R. VAN OOSBREE,
AND ROBERT C. MIERENDORF 362
S e c t i o n V. H y b r i d P r o t e i n s f o r D e t e c t i o n a n d P r o d u c t i o n
of Antigens and Antibodies
28. Methods for Generating Multivalent and Bi- IAN TOMLINSON
specific Antibody Fragments AND PHILIPPHOLLIGER 461
30. Use of an Lpp-OmpA Fusion Vehicle for Bacterial CHARLES F. EARHART 506
Surface Display
V O L U M E 327
APPLICATIONS OF CHIMERIC GENES AND HYBRID PROTEINS (PART B: CELL
BIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY)
Jeremy Thorner, Scott D. Emr, and John N. Abelson
S e c t i o n I. E p i t o p e T a g s f o r I m m u n o d e t e c t i o n
I. Epitope Tagging: General Method for Tracking CHRISTIANE. FRITZE
Recombinant Proteins AND THOMASR. ANDERSON
S e c t i o n II. M a r k e r s f o r C y t o l o g y , A n a l y s i s o f P r o t e i n
Trafficking, and Lineage Tracing
2. Alkaline Phosphatase Fusions of Ligands or Re- JOHN G. FLANAGAN,
ceptors as in Situ Probes for Staining of Cells, HWAI-JONGCHENG,
Tissues, and Embryos DAVID A. FELDHEIM,
MITSUHARUHATTORI,
QIANG LU, AND
PIERRE VANDERHAEGHEN 19
3. Chimeric Molecules Employing Horseradish COLIN HOPKINS,
Peroxidase as Reporter Enzyme for Protein ADELE GIBSON,
Localization in the Electron Microscope JANE STINCHCOMBE,
AND CLAREPJTTER 35
4. Biochemical Analyses of Trafficking with Horse- ANASTASIYAD.
radish Peroxidase-Tagged Chimeras BLAGOVESHCHENSKAYA
AND DANIELF. CUTLER 45
5. Visualizing Protein Dynamics in Yeast with Green CHRISTOPHER G. BURD 61
Fluorescent Protein
6. Kinetic Analysis of Intracellular Trafficking in KORET HIRSCHBERG,
Single Living Cells with Vesicular Stomatitis ROBERT D. PHAIR,
Virus Protein G-Green Fluorescent Protein AND JENNIFER
Hybrids LIPPINCOTT-SCHWARTZ 69
7. Dual Color Detection of Cyan and Yellow Deriva- GISELE GREEN,
fives of Green Fluorescent Protein Using Con- STEVEN R. KAIN,
ventional Fluorescence Microscopy and 35-mm AND BRIGITTEANGRES 89
Photography
CONTENTS OF VOLUMES 321-354 xxviii
S e c t i o n III. T o o l s f o r A n a l y s i s o f M e m b r a n e Proteins
12. A Gene Fusion Method for Assaying Interactions JENNIFERA. LEEDS
of Protein Transmembrane Segments in Vivo ANDJON BECKWITH 165
S e c t i o n IV. S i g n a l s f o r A d d r e s s i n g P r o t e i n s t o S p e c i f i c
Subcellular Compartments
21. Using Sorting Signals to Retain Proteins in En- HUGH R. B. PELHAM 279
doplasmic Reticulum
22. Directing Proteins to Nucleus by Fusion to HEIKE KREBBER
Nuclear Localization Signal Tags AND PAMELAA. SILVER 283
23. Identification, Analysis, and Use of Nuclear KARSTENWEIS 297
Export Signals in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
24. Directing Proteins to Mitochondria by Fusion to KOSTASTOKATLIDIS 305
Mitochondrial Targeting Signals
S e c t i o n V. A p p l i c a t i o n o f C h i m e r a s i n M o n i t o r i n g
and Manipulating Cell Physiology
29. Posttranslational Regulation of Proteins by Fu- DIDIERPICARD 385
sions to Steroid-Binding Domains
30. Tet Repressor-Based System for Regulated Gene UDO BARON
Expression in Eukaryotic Cells: Principles and AND HERMANNBUJARD 401
Advances
CONTENTS OF VOLUMES 321-354 XXX
V O L U M E 328
APPLICATIONS OF CHIMERIC GENES AND HYBRID PROTEINS (PART C:
PROTEIN-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS AND GENOMICS)
Jeremy Thorner, Scott D. Emr, and John N. Abelson
S e c t i o n I. A p p l i c a t i o n s o f T w o - H y b r i d M e t h o d s a n d R e l a t e d
Techniques for Analysis of Protein-Protein Interactions
1. High-Throughput Screening for Protein-Protein GERARD CAGNEY,
Interactions Using Two-Hybrid Assay PETER UETZ,
AND STANLEYFIELDS
S e c t i o n III. P h a g e D i s p l a y a n d I t s A p p l i c a t i o n s
21. Phage Display for Selection of Novel Binding SACHDEV S. SIDHU,
Peptides HENRY B. LOWMAN,
BRIAN C. CUNNINGHAM,
AND JAMES A. WELLS 333
22. Selectively Infective Phage Technology KATJA M. ARNDT,
SABINEJUNG,
CLAUS KREBBER,
AND ANDREASPLUCKTHUN 364
23. Use of Phage Display and Transition-State Ana- MIKAELWlDERSTEN,
logs to Select Enzyme Variants with Altered LARS O. HANSSON,
Catalytic Properties: Glutathione Transferase LISA TRONSTAD,
as an Example AND BENGT MANNERVIK 389
24. Selecting and Evolving Functional Proteins in JOZEF HANES,
V/tro by Ribosome Display LUTZ JERMUTUS,
AND ANDREASPLIQCKTHUN 404
25. Yeast Surface Display for Directed Evolution of ERIC T. BODER
Protein Expression, Affinity, and Stability AND K. DANE WITTRUP 430
S e c t i o n IV. C o n s t r u c t i o n o f H y b r i d M o l e c u l e s b y D N A S h u f f l i n g
and Other Methods
26. Methods for in Vitro DNA Recombination and ALEXANDERA. VOLKOV
Random Chimeragenesis AND FRANCESH. ARNOLD 447
27. Random Chimeragenesis by Heteroduplex Re- ALEXANDERA. VOLKOV,
combination ZHIXIN SHAO,
AND FRANCESH. ARNOLD 456
28. Use of Chimeras Generated by DNA Shuffling: LARS O. HANSSON
Probing Structure-Function Relationships AND BENGT MANNERVIK 463
among Glutathione Transferases
29. Protein Engineering by Expressed Protein Liga- ULRICH K. BLASCHKE,
tion JONATHAN SILBERSTEIN,
AND TOM W. MUIR 478
35. Gene Trapping Methods for the Identificationand WILLIAMC. SKARNES 592
Functional Analysis of Cell Surface Proteins in
Mice
VOLUME 329
REGULATORS AND EFFECTORS OF SMALL GTPASES (PART E: GTPASES
INVOLVED IN VESICULARTRAFFIC)
W. E. Balch, Channing J. Der, and Alan Hall
S e c t i o n I. R a b G T P a s e s
1. Structural Basis for Rab Function: An Overview BRYAND. MOYER
AND WILLIAME. BALCH
13. Expression and Properties of Rab4 and Its Effec- PETER VAN DER SLUIJS,
tor Rabaptin-4 in Endocytic Recycling KARINMOHRMANN,
MAGDADENEKA,
AND MANDYJONGENEELEN 111
18. Expression and Functional Analyses of Rab8 and WEI CHEN AND
Rab 11a in Exocytic Transport from trans-Golgi ANGELAWANDINGER-NESS 165
Network
CONTENTS OF VOLUMES 321-354 xxxvi
S e c t i o n II. A D P - R i b o s y l a t i o n F a c t o r (ARF) G T P a s e s
25. Structural and Functional Organization of ADP- SOPHIEBF.RAUD-DUFOUR
Ribosylation Factor (ARF) Proteins AND WILLIAME. BALCH 245
S e c t i o n III. S a t G T P a s e s
45. Purification and Properties of Rat Liver Sec23- JACQUEST. WEISSMAN,
Sec24 Complex MEIR ARIDOR,
ANDWILLIAME. BALCH 431
S e c t i o n IV. D y n a m i n G T P a s e s
47. Expression, Purification, and Functional Assays HANNADAMKE,
for Self-Association of Dynamin-l AMY B. MUHLBERG,
SANJA SEVER,
STEVENSHOLLY,
DALE E. WARNOCK,
AND SANDRAL. SCHMID 447
S e c t i o n II. S a c c h a r o l y t i c E n z y m e s
10. Classification of Glycoside Hydrolases and BERNARDHENRISSAT
Glycosyltransferases from Hyperthermophiles AND PEDROM. COUTINHO 183
S e c t i o n III. P r o t e o l y t i c E n z y m e s
25. Purification, Characterization, and Molecular WILLEM M. DE VOS,
Modeling of Pyrolysin and Other Extracellular WILFRIEDG. B. VOORHORST,
Thermostable Serine Proteases from Hyperther- MARCEL DIJKGRAAF,
mophilic Microorganisms LEON D. KLUSKENS,
JOHN VAN DER OOST,
AND ROLAND J. SIEZEN 383
VOLUME 331
HYPERTHERMOPHILICENZYMES(PARTB)
Michael W. W. Adams and Robert M. Kelly
S e c t i o n I. E n z y m e s of C e n t r a l M e t a b o l i s m
1. Citrate Synthase from Hyperthermophilic Archaea MICHAELJ. DANSON
AND DAVIDW. HOUGH
S e c t i o n II. R e s p i r a t o r y E n z y m e s
30. Respiratory Enzymes from Sulfolobus acidocal- GONTERSCHAFER,
darius RALF MOLL,
ANDCHRISTIANL. SCHMIDT 369
31. Siroheme-Sulfite Reductase-Type Protein from CHRISTIANEDAHL,
Pyrobaculum islandicum MICHAELMOLITOR,
ANDHANSG. TROPER 410
32. Dissimilatory ATP Sulfurylase from Archaeo- DETLEFSPERLING,
globus fulgidus ULRIKEKAPPLER,
HANS G. TR/JPER,
AND CHRISTIANEDAHL 419
33. Sulfite Reductase and APS Reductase from CHRISTIANEDAHL
Archaeoglobus fulgidus AND HANS G. TRLIPER 427
34. Hydrogen-Sulfur Oxidoreductase Complex from MARTINKELLERAND
Pyrodictium abyssi REINHARDDIRMEIER 442
VOLUME 332
REGULATORS AND EFFECTORSOF SMALL GTPASES (PART F: RAS FAMILY I)
W. E. Balch, Channing J. Der, and Alan Hall
S e c t i o n I. Protein E x p r e s s i o n a n d P r o t e i n - P r o t e i n I n t e r a c t i o n s
1. Mammalian Expression Vectors for Ras Family JAMES J. FIORDALISI,
Proteins: Generation and Use of Expression RONALDL. JOHNSONII,
Constructs to Analyze Ras Family Function AYLINS. ~ILKO,
CHANNINGJ. DER,
ANDADRIENNED. COX 3
2. Protein Transduction: Delivery of Tat-GTPase ADAMINAVOCERO-AKBANI,
Fusion Proteins into Mammalian Cells MEENA A. CHELLAIAH,
KEITHA. HRUSKA,
AND STEVENF. DOWDY 36
3. Green Fluorescent Protein-Tagged Ras Proteins EDWIN CHOY AND
for Intracellular Localization MARK PHILIPS 50
4. Targeting Proteins to Membranes, Using Signal JOHN T. STICKNEY,
Sequences for Lipid Modifications MICHELLE A. BOODEN,
ANDJANICEE. BUSS 64
CONTENTS OF VOLUMES 321-354 xlvi
20. Ras Signaling Pathway for Analysis of Protein- AMI ARONHEIM 260
Protein Interactions
S e c t i o n III. A n a l y s e s o f M i t o g e n - A c t i v a t e d P r o t e i n
Kinase Cascades
24. Analyzing JNK and p38 Mitogen-Activated ALAN J. WHITMARSH
Protein Kinase Activity AND ROGERJ. DAVIS 319
VOLUME 333
REGULATORSAND EFFECTORSOF SMALLGTPASES (PARTG: RAS FAMILYII)
W. E. Balch, Channing J. Der, and Alan Hall
Author: E. H. Visiak
Illustrator: N. W. Physick
Language: English
A PIRATE ROMANCE
By
E. H. VISIAK
LONDON
ELKIN MATHEWS, VIGO STREET
MCMX
THE HAUNTED ISLAND
A PIRATE ROMANCE
Being the History of an Adventure to an Island in the
Remote South Sea. Of a Wizard there. Of his Pirate Gang;
His Treasure; His Combustible; His Skeleton Antic Lad. Of
his Wisdom; Of his Poesy; His Barbarous Cruelty; His
Mighty Power. Of a Volcan on the Island. And of the
Ghostly Terror.
TO
MY MOTHER
CONTENTS
chap. page
I. Scampering Away 11
II. Francis Dreams a Dream 19
III. The Castaways 22
IV. Villainy 27
V. the Englishman’s Relation. (The Island) 32
VI. The Englishman’s Relation Continued. (The Cell) 38
VII. A Horrible Villain 47
VIII. Thalass 51
IX. Ouvery Delivers up the Chart 56
X. We Fall in With the Fleet of Captain Morgan. The
Buccaneer’s Hut 59
XI. The Mad Maroon 75
XII. The Warning Sea 85
XIII. The Ghost 91
XIV. The Cut Cable 100
XV. The Island of the Holy 104
XVI. Spies of Canaan 106
XVII. Doctor Copicus 114
XVIII. The Running Man 120
XIX. The Cloisters. The Doctor and the Volcan 127
XX. The Phantom Voice 133
XXI. The Manuscripts 138
XXII. The Glorious Pirate 142
XXIII. Hey-diddle-diddle! 145
XXIV. A Curse Falls Upon the Wolves 148
XXV. A Gaudy Picture in a Dark Frame 153
XXVI. The Treasure Chamber 162
XXVII. Francis Finds his Brother’s Watch 168
XXVIII. The Ghost Face 172
XXIX. The Float. The Walking Lad 176
XXX. How Now? 180
XXXI. Neither One nor the Other 184
XXXII. Hell Shore 188
Supplement 192
THE HAUNTED ISLAND
CHAPTER I.
SCAMPERING AWAY.
On Christmas Eve, 1668, I, Francis Clayton, was with my brother
Dick at Clayton Manor, our father’s house. ’Tis seated on the bottom
of a Bay near Wembury, on the sea coast of Devon. My brother
served in quality of lieutenant on board His Majesty’s ship Tiger, and
was but late returned from a cruise off the Island of Jamaica. His
ship lay at anchor in the bay.
We sat over against one another on the hearth, in my little snug
room. The Squire and the servants were a-bed. The great old house
slept, with starting and creaking of the timbers. The fire was sunk
together, burning with a clear glow; the candles were wasted to the
snuff in their sockets.
My brother told a marvellous tale of the South Sea, of an island
there haunted by spirits, particularly by a monstrous great ghoul, or
devil.
“Many rumours,” said he, “are gotten abroad of this enchanted
island. ’Tis said that he who laid up the treasure had a truck with the
devil, and that a frightful fiend hath guard over it. I do certainly
know ’tis there. As to the rest, I am nothing concerned with such
fantastic gear. Once ashore there,” said he, “and not all the devils in
hell shall keep me from the treasure! Yet, if seamen who have seen
the Thing be not extremely out, ’tis a pretty wight! The head of it,
say they, reaches unto the clouds, and the appearance of it is
frightful out of all description.”
There came a sudden tap-tapping in the wainscoting. It was, no
doubt, but a rat; but, I must confess, I shrank with fear of it:
whereupon my brother clapped me boisterously on the shoulder,
crying:
“Hallo, my land-captain! Did you think it was the ghosts from the
Haunted Island? I’ll show you something to cheer you up.”
Hereupon, clapping hand to pocket, he plucked forth a little box, or
casket. It was of gold, very cunningly wrought with the
representation of a galleon; and her hull was of rubies, her sails of
pearls, her flag and flowing pendants of emeralds and sapphires,
and the sea of amethyst.
It was exquisite, and I said so; but my brother bade me read what
was written on a piece of parchment that he took from the box and
laid open before me.
“I know you like poesy,” said he, “read it. ’Tis better than a sonnet to
my lady’s shoe-latchet!”
The writing was old and small, and thus it was:
Here the ballad was broken off. I asked what it was; but had never
answer. For, on a sudden, a summons loud and long sounded upon
the Manor door.
“Hallo! What’s this?” cried I. But my brother said nothing; only got
from his chair, and stepped to the casement; as I did also. He drew
the shutter; and we peered without upon the avenue. ’Twas a wintry
and a weird prospect: the moon shone bleak through the scantly
falling snow, which was flurried about in drifts of powder on the
frozen ground. The tall elms stood gauntly up, the smaller branches
of them stirring in sudden movements, like hands and fingers. But at
the great door there was a little fat man in the uniform of the
captain of a King’s ship. He stood panting, his face fiery red; and
kept pummelling with his cane upon the flagstones.
“Why, ’tis the captain of your ship!” said I. “’Tis Captain Skinton!”
But, muttering in his teeth, Dick turned and hurried from the room. I
followed, to find him at the end of the corridor warily withdrawing
the arras. We looked through.
The Captain addressed the serving-man who had opened to him,
and was beside himself with passion. He spoke in rapid and high-
pitched tones, and with robustious gesticulation. We caught a tail-
end: “—that I see Squire Clayton this night!”
“But he’s a-bed, your honour,” says Roger.
“Then wake him! wake him! wake him!” cried the little man; and,
stamping by misadventure a gouty foot, he broke into a paroxysm of
rage, just as the Squire, our father, came forth on the gallery of the
stairs.
“What’s this? What’s this?” says he, looking down in his nightcap.
“What’s this, sir?” cries Skinton, his voice rising shrill, “what’s this,
sir? Why, your son, sir ... a conspiracy, sir, a conspiracy aboard my
ship, my ship, sir!”
“Roger,” says the Squire, “how came you to admit this neighing
rascal? Show him into the stable!”
Hereupon the Captain became perfectly furious; but the Squire
returned him word for word, as hot as he gave, so that there fell a
very great clamour. And, in the hurly-burly, Dick stole past them into
the hall, I following; and so (the door having been left open), out
into the night.
We scoured down the avenue, crossed the road beyond, and,
striking into the countryside, cut crisply across the frozen fields to
the cliff-top; then down, helter-skelter, to the shore.
A great ship lay at an anchor close in, with her sails hauled up in
brails. It was the Tiger. Her captain’s boat lay beached above the
breakers; and her crew walked up and down, to keep them warm.
My brother stepped to the coxswain, “’Tis I, John,” said he, as he
got his breath; and, to the rest, he said: “Back to the ship, men! Our
plans are at a head! All’s ready! I’ll make all your fortunes, my jolly
boys!”
“Ay, ay, sir! ay, ay!” But he bade them hush, and hasten with the
boat. Thereupon, turning to me, “Get you back to the Manor!” says
he.
“No; I go with you,” said I.
He looked me up and down: “Tut, tut, d’ye know where we’re
bound? For the South Sea, and on none of the King’s business
either!”
“You’re going to steal the ship!” said I; but they were shoving off the
boat, and, before ever he could answer, or I take thought, we found
ourselves aboard and rolling over the waves. Soon there fell a great
barking of dogs from the direction of the Manor; whereupon my
brother did urge the rowers to greater effort. A few moments after
we reached the ship.
We went aboard at the gang-way. There stood a big, black-bearded
fellow, who passed on board in the style of the Quartermaster. My
brother spoke a word in his ear, and the man nodded.
“All have joined, Ouvery?” asked Dick.
“Ay, but the master and Surgeon Burke be aboard. They went not
ashore with the rest.”
“’Sdeath!” said Dick with his teeth, “where are they, then?”
“The master’s in his cabin: Burke’s in the round-house.”
“Overboard with the master! Let him swim, the preaching swab! But
we’ll have need of Burke. Have up the men; I’ll speak to ’em. Haste,
Ouvery!”
He made to the quarter-deck as he spoke, while the other went
below. Soon was heard the boatswain’s whistle, and the mariners
began to come up on deck. Meantime there came a splashing under
the stern, and the master swam presently forth within sight. Having
gotten his breath, he began to shout threats and imprecations at my
brother. But Dick laughed, and shook his finger at him, crying:
“Nay, nay, sweet sir, be not so prodigal with your strength! I warrant
you’ll need all of it anon!”
On this, with a last imprecation, the swimmer turned, and
incontinently made towards the shore. But the mariners were now
gotten all up on deck, and my brother prepared to speak to them.
But no speech was made by him. For a musket-shot rang out on the
shore, and some half-dozen men, led by the Captain and the Squire,
came forth on the cliff—the Captain shouting and gesticulating with
the smoking musket that he held; but our father stood like a man
sore stricken, so that it went to my heart to see him. I turned to my
brother:
“Go you no further with this,” said I. “Return while yet you may.”
But he did not answer me; he stood staring to windward, and I saw
his face set hard. A big ship, flying the flag of St. George, had hove
in sight round a bend of the cliff.
Next moment he turned; and, bawling out, “In with the boat!” cried
he, “All hands make sail! Up anchor and away!”
There fell a great ado on this, as the mariners went to work to the
shrill piping whistle of the boatswain, and the word of command.
Soon the cable was hove in, while the seamen sang as they strained
at the capstan. Soon the ship began to move, stretching away under
her spritsail and topsails to the shore-breeze.
But the other vessel had hoisted up her topgallant sails, and came
on apace; and now, being but a cable’s length away, she shot off a
gun.
“Come on, ye dogs!” cried Dick. “Fire away, and split!” And he hasted
to the poop, where the gunners worked, charging of the stern-
chasers.
“Double shot ’em, and cripple her!” said he.
“Ay, ay, sir! ay, ay!” But now the pursuer fired again, and a round-
shot crashed into our round-house coach.
“Fire!” and, upon the word, the guns belched forth flame. The report
shook the ship, and a cloud of cannon-smoke rolled up like a scroll.
As it cleared, our men roared out with a great cheering; for we had
hit the King’s ship full in her fore rigging, split her spritsail, smashed
her foreyard, and handsomely mauled the shrouds. The foremast
shook with the brunt, and the topsail came clattering down.
Hereupon my brother fell to capering about like a silly schoolboy.
“Well done, master-gunner!” cried he, “well done, my brave! Give
him another cheer, my jolly boys! They’ll not take us, this bout!”
CHAPTER II.
FRANCIS DREAMS A DREAM.
We now rapidly left the floundering and mazed man-of-war. But our
men kept firing into the medley on her decks, plying the stern-
chasers in furious haste; and, ever as he was able, the enemy did
shoot at us with muskets and pistols, and once—his ship having
slewed right round—gave us a thundering great broadside. But his
gunners did much mistake, in that they hulled us (as the saying is),
instead of aiming at our masts and tackling, whereby they might
have crippled us, and, perhaps, brought us quite to a stand.
As it was, our ship took no great hurt, though the splinters flew, and
six of her ports were battered in; yet many of our men were
wounded after a dreadful manner, and one was killed outright.
Whereupon such brutish and demoniac fury came upon the rest as
transported them like very devils.
Our decks were bloody like a slaughter-house; and from the spar-
deck the wounded men roared out very grievously as Surgeon Burke
wrought upon them, so that their groans and shrieks did mingle with
the horrid blasphemies.
Now, all this time my brother, the Captain, did frantically rage as hot
as any man; yea, so far beside himself was he, that, when he found
we drew out of gunshot and could no longer murder the King’s men,
he was for going about and returning upon them. He had even given
the order to bear up the helm; but hereupon, to my huge surprise,
the Quartermaster did interpose. ’Twas no more than a look and a
word, but it availed, and the order was immediately revoked.
We now lay right out of the bay; and, having set studding sails,
stood off to sea, whilst the decks were cleared, the broken ports
stopped, and the bolts and tackling overhauled. But I, being sick at
heart, went and shut myself in the master’s cabin, which I found
empty; and, a great weariness coming over me, I got me into a
hammock, and presently slept.
I dreamed a fearful dream; and it seemed to me that one went
before me through a gully in a terrible high cliff. And the gully
became dark and darker as we went, and its sheer sides of dank
rock towered higher yet; so that they were frightful to look on. Still
they rose and rose, until their tops might no longer be discerned;
and darkness fell, a darkness that seemed to wither my soul! Then
he who went before me did turn himself about, and lo! ’twas Ouvery,
the Quartermaster. His face gleamed ghastly white, but his eyes
were blacker than the darkness. They seized on mine, and held
them—for ever!
I woke gasping and shaking; and there were two eyes as black as
jet fixed on mine! Ouvery, the Quartermaster, gazed across at me
from the middle of the cabin, where he sat in close converse with
my brother.
He got up from his chair; and, making a sign that I was awake,
immediately went out. Hereupon my brother rose also, and stepped
to my hammock.
“Well, my heart,” said he, “hast been a-voyaging to Tophet, or is’t
the ghosts from the Haunted Island? Bless us! you screeched like a
stuck pig.”
“Scoff away! Scoff away!” cried I. “’Twill be another tale to-morrow!”
“Ay!” said he, but I thought his countenance fallen, “pieces-of-eight,
and golden bars, and jewels—jewels by the shipload—that’ll be the
tale to-morrow!”
“And a hempen cord about your neck, and iron chains to hang in,
and yokel faces a-gape at you!”
On that he flamed out in a fury, snapping his fingers, swearing and
cursing. But I let him rave, answering nothing, and soon he fell
quiet, and throwing himself into a chair, sat still, seeming to brood in
his mind.
CHAPTER III.
THE CASTAWAYS.
After these events, there fell out nothing worth remark in many
days.
We had favourable winds and calm seas, and met with no King’s
ships. What other craft we met withal, meddled not with us, nor we
with them. Through great part of the Bay of Biscay we steered our
course close under the coast of France, until we came to an anchor
in a small bay thereby, to take in water and fresh provisions; thence
we sailed away, standing to the open sea. We passed the Cape of
Finisterre; and so onwards towards the Tropic of Cancer and the
Line.
I come to a day in the fifth week of our voyage. I got up betimes,
and went on deck. The ship went merrily along. There was not a sail
in sight, nor any glimpse of land; but from horizon to horizon spread
the dancing, shining sea, and I thought it was a gracious scene, like
a world from the hands of God.
As I looked, I spied a dark blur of a thing far out upon the waters. It
disappeared, but soon hove in sight again, this time quite clear. In
the same moment, the look-out man bawled:
“Boat adrift on the larboard bow.”
“Lay to, then, and man the jolly-boat,” cried the Captain.
The mariners went eagerly to work, snapping greedily at the exciting
chance. The jolly-boat, which was towing astern, was speedily
hauled in and manned; but the coxswain was shoved from his
wonted command of her by Ouvery, who put himself into the stern-
sheets. I, being full of curiosity, jumped into the boat as they made
ready to pull away; whereupon Ouvery did look upon me balefully,
though he spoke no word, and I knew that he hated me from the
bottom of his black heart!
“Pull away,” said the Quartermaster; and she began to move apace.
I, keeping my eyes fixed upon the boat we steered for, at length
descried a huddled heap on board of her, which was presently
discovered to be the forms of two men. We drew alongside, and lay
board on board together, gazing upon a dismal, dreadful sight.
For there in the boat were two gaunt and wasted forms—yea, the
very death’s heads did grin in the dwindled faces of those poor
castaways.
One was an Indian: a tall, well-knit figure dark copper-coloured; his
face long and hard-favoured; lank black hair.
The other was an European, and, as it should seem, an Englishman.
His yellow beard fell long and untrimmed, and his clothes were
mean and old; yet there was that in his look made me think he was
a gentleman. What, however, was remarkable: on sight of the
castaways, Ouvery gave a great start and drew sharply in his breath.
“They be dead men both,” said a man, solemnly; “rest to their
souls!”
But I had got into the boat; and, taking a mirror that I had about
me, I held it in turn to those parted and writhen lips, and lo! it twice
became clouded with breath.
“They live! they live!” cried I. But Ouvery said quickly:
“Nay, nay! You know nothing at all. Down, ye meddler, and out of
the way!” And to the mariners he said:
“Overboard with them! We’ll have no truck with the dead! And keep
your tongue quiet,” said he, glaring at me, “or you shall sweep with
them!”
“I say that they live!” I returned passionately. “Carry them to the
ship!”
On that, Ouvery raised his clenched fist to strike me down. “You
barking cur,” cried he, “do you meddle with my orders? I’ll have you
clapt in irons! I’ll flay you to the bone! I’ll——”
“Belike you’re captain of the ship,” said I, flouting him; “I thought
my brother was captain.”
Ouvery sat still, all swollen with rage; but hereupon up spoke a
seaman, saying stoutly:
“Maybe the boy’s in the right. Ho! make way here!” He climbed over
into the cock-boat as he spoke, and soon had confirmed my words.
But Ouvery rose up like one possessed; and, drawing his knife, he
reached forth to have stabbed me. But the boat began to rock nigh
foundering; and, losing his footing, he fell, knocking his head against
an oar that was outboard, and slid over into the sea. They fished
him out ere he sank, and flung him like a log in the bottom of the
boat, where he lay stunned.
Hereupon, having made the cock-boat fast to our stern, we returned
to the ship. My brother stood at the gang-way, awaiting us; I
acquainted him with what had befallen, demanding that Ouvery
should be restrained. But he regarded me not at all.
They contrived a bed for the Indian in the forecastle, but the other
was installed in the master’s cabin beneath the poop, where I slept,
some bedding being laid for me on the floor. Tended by Surgeon
Burke, and cared for by the mariners, the Indian made a quick
recovery; but the other lay as one dead, being fallen into a sort of
coma or trance.
The Indian came out of his swoon about sundown. Dick, Burke, and
I stood beside his bed, when the poor man, on a sudden, stirred and
opened his eyes. He looked from one to another of us wildly; and
moved his lips as if he would speak. At this juncture, heavy and
uncertain footfalls were heard without, and Ouvery came lumbering
in, his face mottled red and purple. He approached; but, on sight of
him, the Indian stared aghast, stretched forth an arm with a fierce,
frenzied gesture, uttered a cry, and sank back beside his senses.
“Why, he knoweth him!” cried I. “He hath seen you before, Ouvery!
If he could speak, I warrant you’d stand proclaimed a black villain!”
I was out of myself with passion, and I knew not what I said. But
the Quartermaster was transported with fury, and, rasping out horrid
oaths, he drew a pistol from his belt and let fly at me. The ball
missed my head by a hair’s breadth, and was buried in the wooden
wall. Ouvery made a dash towards me, reeled, and lurched forward
upon the floor. There he lay stunned, having knocked his head
against the table-leg.
The episode had passed in a moment, and Dick and the surgeon
stood like men dumbfounded. Burke recovered himself:
“You’ve had a narrow squeak, my lad,” said he. “The man’s a maniac
—look you, Captain!”
But Dick dashed his fist against the wall for mad.
CHAPTER IV.
VILLAINY.
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