a bullet, he coolly leant over upon the left leg, and
continued to fire until a shot in the hip brought him
down, fatally wounded. Struck with admiration at
his courage, the prisoners refrained from doing him
further harm, and merely secured his pistol. The
resolute stand of the guard had caused many irreso-
lute convicts to return to the shelter of their cells, and
soon a reenforcement of three guards and two citi-
zens came up. Two of the guards were speedily
placed hors de combat, while a citizen, whose rash-
ness led him too near the windows of the guard-house,
received a bullet in the head from which he did not
recover.
During; the confusion Denver's little daug;hter found her way into the yard, and ran heedlessly into the range of the fire, as if to shield the brave Isaacs. A French prisoner, employed in the guard-room, rushed forward on seeing the danger of the little one, and bore her off, leaving the terrified mother in an agony of doubt whether her child had not escaped one danger only to encounter another. A young woman had also noticed the child, and impelled by feminine devotion, she had followed, only to flutter in bewilderment over the blood-stained ground before the windows with the belchmg guns. Once more the gallantry of La Grande Nation was displayed as the Frenchman dashed to the rescue. Of the reenforce- ment one citizen alone remained unscathed.
A man with a buggy who happened to be at the prison when the firing began, hurried to town to give the alarm ; but before the sheriff and his dozen f jIIow- ers arrived, twenty -nine of the most desperate con- victs had escaped, some badly wounded, leaving behind forty -three comrades who had been restrained by force and fear, or whose term was nearly expired. A large force of citizens also appeared equipped from the state armory, followed by two militia companies from Virginia city, who were already in pursuit in different directions before
