1 10 EYE SPY 
moment's ceremony steps out upon his tight-rope, 
and makes the " trial trip " across the abyss a 
feat which Dr. McCook, the spider specialist and 
historian, has most felicitously compared to the 
similar trial trip of Engineer Farrington across 
the cable of the East River Bridge, a thrilling 
event which was witnessed by thousands of spec- 
tators from sailing craft and housetops. 
Our spider has now reached the asters twenty 
feet away, and is doubtless busying himself by 
further securing the anchorage at this terminus. 
It is quickly done, for see, he is even now far out 
over the water on his return trip, arriving at the 
grape leaf a moment later. His strand is now 
three times as strong as at first, and will be many 
times stronger before he is satisfied with it. An 
hour later, if we care to go up-stream half a mile 
to the bridge, or half a mile below to the crossing 
pole, for the sake of examining those asters across 
the brook, we shall find our spiderling nicely set- 
tled in a tiny little home of his own. The glis- 
tening span is now like a tough silken thread, 
and is moored to the head of flowers by a half- 
dozen guy-threads in all directions, while in their 
midst, in the " nave of his tiny wheel of lace," our 
smart young baby rests from his labors. 
Such is the probable course which he would 
follow, unless, perhaps, his roving spirit, thus 
tempted, has further asserted itself, and not con- 
