CHAPTER XIII.

_Anne Bonny, the Female Pirate._

Rackam the Pirate.--Anne Bonny his Wife.--Her Reasons for Assuming a Boy’s Dress.--Infamous Character of Rackam.--Anne falls in Love with Mary.--Curious Complications.--The Duel.--Chivalry of Frank.--The Capture.--The Trial.--Testimony of the Artist.--Death of Mary Read.--Rackam Dies on the Scaffold. 214