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QUEER THINGS '~7 & 
KOPLE have some a 
odd notions about 
spiders. Some be- 
es Brea. 
lieve that these little crea-  « siroays prowting 
tures are always prowling about at night” 
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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