At Twenty-two

"At Twenty-two" is an short story by Rudyard Kipling: This story was first published in The Week's News of 18 February 1888. It was collected in "In Black and White", No. 3 in The Indian Railway Library, and in Soldiers Three in 1895.Janki Meah is an old blind white-haired coal miner who has married, rather ill-advisedly, a beautiful young woman, Unda. She plans to steal his savings and run away w...