'But the mine led to the parliament,' my mother said, smiling. 'Yes,' I said, 'there is no doubt but the war was a blessing to us. We were the real victors in the conflict. We are happier than we ever could have been without it.' As I said this, I looked very hard at Caroline. 'Aren't we, Carrie?' I said. The crimson mounted to her cheeks, and I was preparing to defend myself, when she was forced to join the rest of us in a merry laugh. 'Everything had its part to play--the war--the mine--and last of all even the Loup-garou,' I said, and we all laughed again. 'And just to think, mother,' Elizabeth put in a little later, 'a member of parliament in the family already, and'--her face was beaming with mischief and delight--'and a possible duchess also!' THE END. UNWIN BROTHERS, LIMITED, THE GRESHAM PRESS, WOKING AND LONDON.