
QUEER THINGS ~’ ; 


EKOPLE have some // 
odd notions about ~ 
spiders. Somebe- 3 
lieve that these little crea- .. ey ae 
tures are always prowling 7% ™9"" 
about at night in order to try their 
poison-fangs upon any person whom 
they may find asleep. If, on awakening 
in the morning one of these persons 
finds a pimple on his face or hand he 
is sure to say: ‘See, a spider bit me 
here in the night.” 
Now nothing could be farther from 
what a spider would do than this. 
Spiders do not like us well enough to 
come near us at any time. Indeed, 
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