HIS WEDDED WIFE

Joseph Rudyard Kipling   was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist. Не was one of the most popular writers in England, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He wrote tales and poems of British soldiers in India and stories for children, and he also was the first to use Cockney dialect in serious poetry. 
The story “His Wedded Wife” was first published in the first Indian edition of “Plain Tales from the Hills”. Henry Augustus Ramsay Faizanne, "for the sake of brevity" called 'The Worm', is a subaltern newly arrived in India.to join the Second Shikarris. His brother junior officers "soften" him until all become bored, except the Senior Subaltern. One day when the latter has played a practical joke on him, the Worm turns and bets a month's pay that when the Senior Subaltern is promoted to Captain, he will in turn play a joke on the Senior that he will never forget. Worth a read, especially if you like the short story format!