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Wd HOW THE SPINNERS SPEND THE WINTER 
HIN 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 




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packed up their belongings and gone 
South for the winter. | 
The truth is, that many of them 
died of old age before the winter | 
fairly began; for the lifetime of some | 
Spinners is not more than a year. 

This is true of most of the orb- 
weavers, including Mrs. Epeira and 
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