The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1906-06-29
THE PALACE OF DOOM
STRANGE LEGEND OF A MYSTERIOUS
STATUE IN ROME,

trl .rp ~'Dpl In Rome many ages ago
, h.,,.,ir,u uor,Ic s,otur tine mystery
~ ,,Il.h .o,trp.t,l tn, attention Of all
,r. y.l-, mon from fa,. and near No.
I,,Iy r,ulI remember when il had been
,....,,l and u.loly knew what il
,,.,,,
Z, ,,s thn u.,urp of Il woman, tail.
Guiana, and ,unulp She stood erect,
v..I n,r rioht arm outstrptchcd. her
,..,.,I, falling In graceful folds about
l,.. o,uro nu lrr face a look. half
,,.l.. 0,.If f,,,,.n nn,irr vet appcal.
g.. I'm, o,o.,,s nrlliur the observer
-. .,r,.,.. f,pl.ug That it reused Of
.-,,,.. ,l,,y and horror
rnt o,.,u .nn that written 50 clearly
.u,,s,ir Sims tl,ot art uses. might
L,.. n,,r ny,rl,,l;rl hv the people
l,l # u,t hr,u for more material
,,,,,i.,. ,.r,.,nt.I n,. the stntue. On the
n.rd Gur,r ,f fine out-trctchcd hand
,,o. ,.ritrrr I'm uurndmg letters. strike
,,.r," AMI ,I,rrin loy the mystery.
N..r. c,ur and went, ana wise men
,u,,Irl thrir lloius to find the secret.
60 IRON, rur,u lands came To Rome.
,,,,,.,,l hv tho statue and still ii
s,,.l nutn c,ll mcxpllcahlc.
am, d,v v,rur man stood before
e. H.. bnd GROWN mn with the idea of
.,l,iuy thn mystery. and each day
.n.,,. IN. u.,s Il milo chilli he had come
60, f.,,. .r,,n.,uts and stood silently
,,,.,n,,,. ,t ,I,n strnupn cnuntouauce.
,,l', I'm. ,,,ot l,nl;nd as if they mIcht
,,.., and foil th, secret that ages had
v.,ruol IN kunv. but through these
n,.. ,,lr h. had hrcn sincere I'm his
,..,r,l Faithful tl,rnurh all disap.
,,in,,,o,,ts IA, had GAINED strength and
ut.lon, and pow ~ he stood before the
.,or,o IA. SIM halfway M the eastern
.L, .h,nn ful nuou the image,
sn.onr, th,ill rossed through the
man, ,,,l l,,l,ino i'm fin, direction I'm.
di,ot,1 hv thn nnintiur finger he saw.
.,un wards away. the shadow Of the
oui,rrt,hnl h,nl ON the ground. He
,,.,.o , l,v. crv and nft,r noting the
,.t vou IA, Lcnortnl
1,,,t u,ght ot midnight ne went To
,,,, ,l,oo and hog,n in die I'm the
rr,nud yh,r, the shadow of the hand
,,l f,Il,n l,up time he worked.
n,,,r rnnsing his digging, when sud.
d,,Iv his srndn struck something hard.
Th.u his znoI increased and. clear.
in.,,. .,,,,o no saw hnn,oth him trap.
d,nr u.ith - oroot STONE ring Crash
i,,, tLn rinp no nullcd omen the door
anal st,rtnl h,r,; doz2,cd for n flood
of uglt hurst unon him from out of
1lo d.,,ths
n,ioi.Iy ,.coverino the vounp man
l,.'l,l oooin AMI hoheld a wide mar.
.-,,ir.,,,, lo.c.ndlur from rho fran.
do.r Thr,wine down his shade he
n.,.,J ,hr,uoh IN. door. down the
Tln roor Of f is room was Of marble,
n,r, ,,hit. Win. tho walls and ceiling
1,..r, If H., so,n. material in many
.,,l,r, mia h,,go ni,I,rs urholdiny tho
vast damn sh,na ike oIohnstor Rare
,,oirth,,s I,,,g unon tho walls and
ri,I, ,,,... l,,. .,rov'u unon the floor
In ,,.. ,on,,r ,f thn r,,n, a fountain
ct,,l ri. vntnr I'm It's oSiu was rs
,,u,o' os rr,.,,l hut NOT a rinnIo stirred
g.. .,,,.c.,'. ami mo- ,lo,oon, tanning
charmed t,n nor os il does when water
falls from on high, for, though the
f,unt,iu was or,ornntly pcrfect no
v.o,.r roso fran il to fail again.
ou ..ois mining ornuud tlis silcnt
f,,,ut,in won, many mon I'm rich hro.
,o,lns aud easily FIR rohns Iifelka
,I,r l,,l;cl Iut IN ,l,n tn,,ch thoy wore
g.. n,o,lI. II N.,s os II in tha n,i1st NJ
lif, dnotl had came AMI nntrifod those
l,ir,. II. ,,u,;.rv
Aroull ON tables and benches we're
.l,ttor,.d ,iI.s of o,ld ,rf nrecious
,ems bnli,ute onumrl.A vases and
e,.ord. inl,iI with cams aJded tbnir
u.noIib +, tha ,,lore