The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-05

| Guu. JUHHSou eX~ ~ ~ sF<A~NES
planned that he awas the servant
or Master Thomas Piercy, who
lived next door to Parliament
| House, and that he wanted the vault
as storage place for fuel.
James |. was king of England He
had succeeded Queen Elizabeth In
1903. He was sceundrel in weak,
stilted way He prosecuted the Cath.
olics. broke his solemn state prom.
Uses, lied out Of difficulties and In
other ways made for himself a host
OF enemies Parliament, for the most
part, backed the kings wishes. Hence
Parliament shared his unpopularity.
A band OF daring. II Inscriptions.
men resolved to rid England OF King
James, the royal family and Parlia-
nent as we'll by the very simple
means of destroying the whole lot at
| one blow Their plan was to fill the
| cellars OF the House Of Lords with
gunpowder. Then, on the day when
the king and his family should come
to open Parliament, to set match to
the powder and blow up every one In
the building.
Robert Cateshy, Thomas Piercy and
eighteen others were In the conspir.
acy They chose as the actual assas.
sin brave, heartless soldier of for
rune whose real name Is said to have
been Guido Fox, but who is known to
history as Guy Fawkes." No one
knows whether Fawkes was to re-.
ceive money for his deed or whether
ne consented to do It through hatred
for King James.
In the early autumn of 1904 the
conspirators began to cut hole
through the nine-foot wall between
Plercy's house and the Parliament
cellars. Then, hearing the cellars
were for rent, Fawkes hired them. |
After that the work went on easily |
and safely enough. Thirty-six barrels |
OF gunpowder Were rolled into the eel. |
iars and were covered with masses OF |
wood, A train of powder was laid.
Everything was ready.
Parliament was to meet on Novem-
Der 5, 1904. The king and most or
the royal family were TO be there. At
signal Fawkes was to light the DOW
der train and was then to escape by
ship to Flanders. The other conspira.
tors were to kill or captrue any mem.
beers OF the royal family who did not
chance to be at Parliament's opening
No one betrayed this plot, which
might have changed the history OF
the world. Yet II was discovered
The discovery came about in an odd
way. *Ha
One Of the onspirators-which one
was never known-was d friend of
Lord Monteagle. O noted English
statesman, He sent Monteagle an
anonymous letter. begging him to
Keep away from the opening of Par
Lament. Monteagle, not sure whether
Or not the warning was joke. show.
% It to the secretary Of state. The
secretary laughed at 1t as hoax. but |
was induced to show 1t to the king
James tWho was SO cowardly that
ne sight of q sword used to make
aim LID fell into frenzy pf fear, On
ne night OF Nov. he ordered, PareI
lament house searched AS the
learehers neared hecafIars they met c
iuy Fawkes coming out Hee was
'elzed before he could dart back and G
he place was ransacked.
The sight OF so large. a pile OF T
wood reused suspicion. The wood s
vas cleared away and the gunpowder
'arrels were discovered. Fawkes
avings with helpless fury, strove in
ain to set fire to the gunpowder and
die with his enemies. He was
verpowered and dragged before the
ing. There he made surly. con. .
emptuous answers to all questions
nd refused to betray his accom-.
ices, But torture at last made him
peak. The conspfrators were seized
nd most of them were exectlted--I
awkes last OF all. An old chronicle
ives the following account OF his
arewell to the world; j.
This very tail and desperate fell.
Nv made no long speech. hut
after sort) seeming sorry for his
Tense, asked a kind OF forgiveness
the king and the state for his
loody intent"
All Europe shuddered over Eng.
mas narrow escape. The fifth oil
ovember was ordained sby King
ames ito be observed forever az 4
ny OF Thanksgiving" For centuries
hereafter Nov. was celebrated ii
lroughout England much as we cele tv
'ate July 4. Amid bonhras and, noise
NY Fawkes was burned \ I'll efflry
ven now the cellars ofstte houses ~
arliament are regularly ss.searchadn
memory of governments oldtime
bril-.
So. for more than three hundred
ears after his death, Guy Fawkas
LIS had the honor Of an annual alyav"
a privilege denied to most heroes
ID accorded perhaps to- no other sc
ackguard. ANY, N-T