





The Spinner Family 
into a channel extending several inches 
underground. Both tube and chan- 
nel are lined with silk. | While 




you are examining / 7. it, the 
owner of the home # _ ve “ rushes 
out, is off, and ; eo Out ot 
sight in an #% instant. 
In that § , ~ one instant, 
ever, you see 
oa what a 
| beauty“ she is, 
‘dressed in a mouse- 
#4 colored suit of fur, with 
sees { f a few bits of black 
what a beauty ¢ ‘ 
she is i ; velvet trimming. It 
seems to * be the fashion among 
the ground-spiders to dress in fur. No 
matter how warm it is, you will always 
find them clad in their heavy winter 
suits. 
This mouse-colored Spinner is one 
of the largest, as well as one of the 
handsomest, of the ground-spiders. 
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