THE DISCARDED SON; OR, HAUNT OF THE BANDITTI: A Tale. IN FIVE VOLUMES. BY REGINA MARIA ROCHE, AUTHOR OF THE CHILDREN OF THE ABBEY; MAID OF THE HAMLET; A. K. NEWMAN & CO. LEADENHALL-STREET. 1825. SJK THE DISCARDED SON. CHAP. I. "In struggling with misfortunes Lies the proof of virtue: on smooth seas Or made a prey to Neptune. Even thus SHAKSPEARE. THAT the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither bread to the wise, nor yet riches to the men of understanding, nor favour to men of skill -all ages, all countries have furnished us with instances. Of these, Captain Munro perhaps was not the least striking; gifted |