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MRS. HOUSE-SPIDER 
ESIDES the little tent-maker 
who likes to pre-empt the 
corners of our cellar win- 
dows for her building-place, another 
of the Spinners always sets up her 
housekeeping somewhere about our 
homes. Tor this reason she is called 
the house-spider. Indeed, in some 
mysterious way this Spinner seems to 
belong to people, for wherever civ- 
ilized man is found she is sure to make 
her appearance. She crosses the sea 
in our ships, and no doubt the conti- 
nent in our trains. 
She is a timid little creature, choos- 
ing the most secluded nooks and cor- 
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