The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-04-04

daughter. But once again Anne re-
fused to play the 'good and dutiful
daughter" She fell in love with a
handsome, rakish, devil-may-care
sailor and married him secretly.
The pair hoped that once the
marriage was an accomplished
fact, Anne's father would accept it
with good grace, but once again
the similarity of character between
father and daughter was evident.
Her father did nothing of the sort;
instead he became furious, ragged
and threatened and finally ended
the interview by turning them
both out of the house. This was
not what the sailor had bargained
for, and soon he was sure she
would inherit nothing. He disap-
peared and was never head of
again.
Anne, being what she was, lost
no time in mourning his departure,
and soon found consolation else
where. She fell in love with the
handsome, rich, daredevil pirate,
Capt. Jack Rickam, known up and
down the coast as "Calico Jack. :"
This picturesque lover swept her
off her feet, and from all accounts
Anne was not too difficult to
sweep, and agreed to sail with him
disguised in sailors clothes.
All her wearing of mems clothes
couldn't fool old mother nature and
after time it was necessary that
Anne be put ashore. Captain Rack
am sailed to Cuba and landed her
at small cove where he had a
house and friends to look after
her. But it was not too long before
Anne was back aboard the ship
welding cutlass and marlinspike
with the best of them. Legend
states that when a prize was
boarded, Anne was always the first
to set foot on the victims deck.
Also on board Captain Rickam's
ship was another woman wearing
mems attire, although even Cap
tain Rickam nor any of the crew
suspected it until the secret was
discovered by Anne. This woman
was Mary Read, whose life was as
dramatic as Anne's.
The days of pirating were al
most over for Captain Rick
am, for. while cruising near ia
maica in October, 1920, the pirates
were surprised by an armed sloop
that had been sent out by the
Governor of the island for the ex-
press purpose of capturing Rick
am and his crew. In the fight that
followed the pirates did not con-
duct themselves with the courage
and hardihood generally attributed
to the men of their calling. In fact,
if legend speaks truly, they show
ed themselves below decks. All,
that is, but Anne Bonney AMI her
companion lady pirate, Mary Read.
They, all accounts agree, fought
gallantly.
By very force of numbers, Anne
and Mary were soon overwhelmed
and captured. The pirates were
taken to Jamaica and tried for pi-
racy at St. Jago de la Vega. They
were convicted on November %,
1920.
Anne pleaded to have her execu-
ton postponed for once again ma
ture was reminding her that she
was woman before she was a pi-
rate. Her plea was granted.
On the day that Captain Rickam
was to hang he obtained permits
sion to have her visit him. Even in
this somber interview her domin-
ant characteristics seem to have
asserted themselves, for her fare
well words to him were that "she
was sorry to see him there, but if
he had fought like a man, he need
not have been hanged like a dog"
1t appears that she was never
hanged but what her intimate fate
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