Mrs. House-Spider 
and also above. When the owner of 
this unique house wishes to leave it, 
all she has to do is to clamber up one 
of the cables stretching to the support 
overhead, or glide down one which 
reaches to the wall or floor beneath. 
All day long this Spinner may be 
found in her strangely walled room. 
She is so quiet that she scarcely seems 
to be alive; the truth is she is taking 
a good sound nap. Like so many of 
her kindred she has learned to sleep 
during the day and work at night. 
If left undisturbed, the house-spider, 
like the tent-makers, makes one house 
last a long time, sometimes all summer. 
However, if you come with your broom 
and ruthlessly demolish her web, she 
patiently sets to work, as soon as dark- 
ness protects her from prying eyes, to 
construct another, thankful, no doubt, 
to escape with her life. If the destruc- 
tion of her home continues, she ceases 
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