More about Mrs. Epeira’s House 

patching the rents she manages to 
make one web last two nights, but | 
usually, she builds a new one every 
evening. | 
She might feel more concern. over 
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the next night. Now and then by | 
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the torn and frayed threads if she ex- | 
pected to stay in this house during the | | 
day. But she knows that another | 
apartment is awaiting her, to which 
she may hasten at the earliest morm- 
ing light if she chooses. | 
‘This apartment is her private cham- 
ber. It is a unique little room shaped 
like a bell. It is made from the grow- 
ing leaves of the vine. These Mrs. a i 
EKpeira has ingeniously caught to- , | 
gether at their edges and fastened | 
with silk threads. In the upper part’ 
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of the bell she has spread a mat of © | 
dotted silk. Upon this the little lady 
stretches herself and sleeps or rests, 
feeling perfectly secure from all in- 
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