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: Thou hast been As one in suffering all, that suffers nothing; SHAKSPEARE. Second Edition : VOL. III. LONDON: PRINTED FOR A. K. NEWMAN & CO. LEADENHALL-STREET. 1825. SJK THE DISCARDED SON. CHAP. I. "When Fortune means to men most good, She looks upon them with a threat'ning eye." HAVING entered the Streights of Messina, the Italian shores appeared in view, exhibiting a variety of the most beautiful scenery, set off and heightened by the brilliant clearness of the atmosphere. In the enthusiasm it awakened, Osmond could not refrain from exclaiming, in the language of the poet, "Could Nature's bounty satisfy the breast, The sons of Italy were surely blest; |