And were admonished by it to take our leave as soon as possible. Buffum
had just succeeded in unlocking the door that kept in our other
soldiers, who at once came out. The deserter confined
with them, who was the most powerful and active of the whole party,
also broke out, and passed by where Fry and myself still held the
jailor,
like a tiger on the leap. When he reached the yard, he found two
soldiers before him, with their bayonets at a charge. Without a
moment's hesitation, he seized them, cutting his hands severely, but
dashing them
aside with
such violence as nearly to throw the rebels
from their feet, and
bounded on his way. His almost incredibl