THE SPIDERS. 



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shot out a yard of loose thread, and embarked on the gale 

 again. Are they yachting for pleasure, or like a fleet of 



IN THE MESHES. 



fishing-boats, do they trail their long nets after them to 

 entrap the shoals of gnats and midges, and briefly happy 

 ephemerae? When the air is calm once more will they 

 spread their airy gossamer in the blue empyrean, and float 



