rone lived for several years. He was filled in this
later time by a passionate longing to see once more the loved country of
his birth, and he appealed to the English government for permission to
return to Ireland and live quietly there until the end came. His request
was not granted. The English authorities, no doubt, felt good reason to
believe that his return to Ireland would be the cause of profound and
dangerous emotion among the people who loved him and whom he loved so
well.

His later years in Rome were literally darkened, because his sight, which
had been for some time failing, soon left him to absolute blindness. He
died on July 20, 1616, having lived a life of seventy-six years. Tyrone's
body was laid to rest in the same church which held the body of his
comrade Tyrconnel. Their graves are side by side. A modern writer tells
us that the church which has become the tomb of the two exiled earls
stands "where the Janiculum overlooks the glory of Rome, the yellow
Tiber and the Alban Hills, the deathless Coliseum, and the stretching
Campagna." "Raphael had painted his Transfiguration for the grand altar;
the hand of Sebastiano del Piombo had colored the walls with the
scourging of the Redeemer." The present writer has seen the graves, and
even the merest stranger to the spirit of Irish history must feel
impressed by the story of the two exiles who found their last
resting-place enclosed by such a scene.

THE GUNPOWDER PLOT

A.D. 1605

SAMUEL R. GARDINER

The "Gunpowder Plot" acquires importance from the fact that its
anniversary, November 5th, is still celebrated in England with
fire-crackers, burnings of "Guy Fawkes" scarecrows, and other
patriotic manifestations. Historically the plot, being detected
before its execution, ended in smoke, with no more terrible result
than the execution of the conspirators.

James I, son of the ill-starred Mary of Scotland, succeeded Elizabeth
on the English throne in 1603, and held both England and Scotland
under his sway. The English Catholics had been led to hope that James
would be lenient toward their faith, but in this they were
disappointed, and a few desperate followers of their religion united
in the Gunpowder Plot. More than one attempt has been made to prove
that this really amounted to very little, and was exaggerated by