More about Mrs. Epeira’s House 
the next night. Now and then by 
patching the rents she manages to 
make one web last.two nights, but 
usually, she builds a new one every 
evening. 
She might feel more concern over 
the torn and frayed threads if she ex- 
pected to stay in this house during the | 
day. But she knows that another 
apartment is awaiting her, to which 
she may hasten at the earliest morn- 
ing light if she chooses. 
This apartment is her private cham- 
ber. It is a unique little room shaped 
like a bell. It is made from the grow- 
ing leaves of the vine. These Mrs. 
Epeira has ingeniously caught to- 
gether at their edges and fastened 
with silk threads. In the upper part 
of the bell she has spread a mat of 
dotted silk. Upon this the little lady 
stretches herself and sleeps or rests, 
feeling perfectly secure from all in- 
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