I shall be ready to go out with you in half an hour." Orderlies were then despatched to the various officers' lodgings, and in a few minutes they assembled.

The colonel told them what had happened, and said that in his opinion it concerned the honour of the regiment to see that their comrade's son was properly equipped.
All those who had known Captain Campbell were greatly pleased with the news, and there was not a dissenting voice when the colonel proposed that there should be a general subscription of two days' pay.

He himself, however, and Captain Campbell's friends, gave a much larger amount, and the total was amply sufficient for the equipment of a young man of good family joining the army.

Hector was then called in and informed of what had taken place, and heartily congratulated by the officers.

He was greatly affected by their kindness and the proof of the estimation in which his father had been held.
"We had always intended to do this," the colonel said, "when the time came for your entering the army, for we felt that it would indeed be a discredit to the regiment were you to go into the world without the equipment that a Scottish gentleman should have.