. 



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." 



V 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? 



