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cloth, and when it has cut the longitudinal slit and has 

 tilled it up, it can be transferred to a piece of scarlet 

 cloth, so that the complementary colors of green and 

 scarlet are brought into juxtaposition and ' thrown out ' 

 by the contrast with the black. In this way the little 

 worm, by friendly human manipulation, may by-and-by 

 find itself arrayed, like the favorite son of Jacob, in 'a 

 coat of many colors.' 



"The moth-worms pass the summer within these 

 silk-lined rolls, some carrying them about as they move 

 along, and others fastening them to the substance they 

 are eating. Concealed within these movable cases, or 

 lint-covered burrows, they ply their sharp reaping-hooks 

 amid the harvest of napery throughout the summer. 

 In the fall they cease eating, make fast their habita- 

 tions, and lie torpid during winter. Early in spring 

 they change to crysalids within their cases, and in about 

 twenty days thereafter are transformed to winged 

 moths, which fly about in the evening until they have 

 paired and are ready to lay eggs. 



"We are indebted to the Mistress for another contri- 

 bution to our collection," I continued, picking up an 

 apple from the dish. " This little brown hole in the 

 side of our noble fruit suggests the story of a life. Do 

 you know what made this opening, Joe V" 



" Oh, yes, sir," was the ready response, " it is where 

 an apple-worm got in, and you'll find it at the core." 



" Partly right and partly wrong. The apple-worm 

 did make the hole, but this is not where it entered the 

 fruit, and we shall not be likely to find it inside, al- 



