I see them buzzing 



around my garret every day." 



" And it has never occurred to you what that nest 

 was built for?" 



" Why, certainly," she replied ; " the young wasps are 

 raised in it. I understand all that ; but it is those spi- 

 ders that puzzle me, for this nest is all closed up tight 

 with mud, and there is no sign of a wasp to be seen, 

 and he could not get into it if he wanted to." 



"And what do you imagine that blue wasp has been 

 doing all these weeks while buzzing around your garret 

 rafters?" I inquired. 



" Feeding its young ones in the nest, I suppose." 



"And where are the young ones?" I asked. 



" They have probably grown up and flown away by 

 this time. But what has that to do with these spiders? 



