PENITENT LETTER.
The following letter occurs in Captain Beaver's Memoirs, said to be written by a runaway pirate:—
"To Mr. Beaver.—Sir, I hope that you will parden me for riteing to you, which I know I am not worthy of, but I hope you will forgive me for all things past, for I am going to try to get a passage to the Cape deverds, and then for America. Sir, if you will be so good as to let me go, I shall be grately ableaght to you. Sir, I hope you will parden me for running away. Sir, I am your most obedent umbld servant,
"PETER HAYLES.
"Sir, I do rite with tears in my eyes."