Listen,--I will read it; and you shall judge for yourselves." The young man then read the following letter, which, being a peculiar as well as an interesting specimen of a love-letter, we give _verbatim et literatim:_ "Peelers farm near Sanfransko Aprile 11 "For John bumpuss, aboord the Schooner fome "my darlin Jo, "ever sins you towld me yisterday that youd bin an gaged yerself into the fome, my mind has been Onaisy.

Ye no, darlint, from the our ye cald me yer own Susan, in clare county, More betoken, iv bin onaisy about ye yer so bowld an Rekles.

but this is wurst ov all.
iv no noshun o them sandle-wood skooners.

the Haf ov thems pirits and The other hafs no better, whats wus is that my owld master was drownded in wan, or out o wan, but shure its All the Saim.

down he wint and that wos the Endd.
"now Deer jo dont go to say in that skooner i beseech ye, jo.