The Outpost Vol 1 - The Royal Highland Fusiliers

02 THE OUTPOST.
A young man died a nd naturally mad e
H ea ven his d estination, but on his arrival there
he was kept oubide II'ha t t ime enquiri e_' w ere
m 'lde r egarding him . H had given his name
as John Ca m erun from 1'ro011, and he was
certainly dumbfounded wh.en h e was ultimately
t old that he h ad n evcr been heard of. UncleI'
the circumstances there was nothing left for
him but to tum his st eps towards lhe regions
governed by His ~atanic Majesty, where he w' s
abo refused ad mission.
Poor John! A H h e turned aW Lly tears rose
int o his cyes, "d1cn another m a n going toward .;
the gat e, I' .cogniS8d him, anc! shoutecl, " Hullo,
Jock! \\That's wrong with you?" Jock
tolc! his story! "1 went up to Heaven," he
said, "but they wouldn't l · t 111e in, so I came
down here, but they lIon't le t me in either."
" \Vell," :;,Lid the other, " whilt havc you got to
cry about ? " a nd, \\'i Lh a break in 11 is voice,
J ock replied, "I-I-I'Jl n-n eecl to go back to
Troon! "
However, being in tl1C A rm ' has i b COlllpensations.
"Vc do get eel up, a nd II'e
h;w to work, but it h as its humours and,
perh ps , the greatest of the, .., is saluting twice
for seven shillings. Y et it seems easy to keep
onc's expenditure within s llch a princely SIIIlI,
but this is how oneof my early week's