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HEN winter comes with its 
ice and snow, the Spin- 
ners have disappeared. 
Some of their lace dwellings, heavy 
with dust, may still be seen dangling 
from the corners of sheds and other 
buildings, but the owners are gone. 
You half suspect that they have all 
packed up their belongings and gone 
South for the winter. 
The truth is, that many of them 
died of old age before the winter 


Spinners is not more than a year. 
This is true of most of the orb- 
weavers, including Mrs. Epeira and 
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