Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-08-04
A SPIDERS CRIME.
Disobedience Brings Its sure Reward to
Little Insect.


Disobedience brings Its sure Reward to
Little Insect.
BY unexpectedly destroying web a spider
reaches a stage whore his power Of reproducing
web is exhausted When that stage is reached
the spider attacks another spider, kills him ana
takes his ball Of web from him Natural His.
tory
There was never a more moral spider
Matched out of an egg than this little
hero Of my story. His friends called him
'.Speclx"
He was born in the northeast corner
Of the garnet, and the early portion Of
his life was passed quietly there lie
had a very intimate friend by the name
of Scampec, with whom lie had great
frolics whenever he caught an espe-
cially fat fly he always shared it with
Scamper, aud he loved him as dearly as
il he were his brother Scamper was a
larger, longer-legged spider, and Of
darll-brown color
When the two friends were lust
about fully grown, they began to have
restless longings 10 travel and see the
world Speck's old mother objected to
this Is She assured them they were bet
brooms seldom entered The broom to
a spider is what a deadly shell or Cat
ling gun is to men in the war. As soon
as a spiders eyes are opened. his mother
begins 70 tell him about brooms. and to
warn him against them.
If You travel ont of this attic, =" said
the old lady, you win come to grief.
Here YOU can live in peace and die
natural death ss
But Speck and Scamper were not To
be kept at home in this way. Themore
the old people told them about dangers
in the great world. the more eager they
were to tempt those dangers. Day after
day they made journeys out over the
wiudowsill and finally they spun
down to the second story, and
heard voices and saw faces; and
once Speck swung on his slender
swing in front Of the front bedroom
window, and watched the housemaid
while She swept the floor and brushed
down colwebs with that terrible broom
he had heard So much about Then, as
she approached the window. he flew up
his ladder, and hauled it in after him
as he went, and told Scamper an about
what he had seen as they hurried back
to the attic
You would think this was quite
enough 10 keep them away from the
second story therea ter; but instead, It
made them all the more eager for adj
venture. And adventures enough they
had in the nest week Speck went
down and deliberately wove his web
across corner of the very window
from which he had watched the house
maid; and Scamper stood on the ont
side of the upper casing inviSi-
bic To eyes within. and watched
proceedings Before Speck had been
two large flies, and Scamper
and he had dined sumptuously
Then, just as they were finishing their
repast. the houscmaid approached the
window, and off they ran as fast rs
their legs would take them The maid
took whisll broom hanging near "
and brushed down the web But a>
soon as She had gone Speck rebuilt il
You see, She viii not bc likely ia
return here again very soon, he eN.
planned to Scamper she thinks hel
work all done now. and She win no
bother about this window, 80 | shat
be unmolested for some DAYS, no doubt
And am really doing far more goot
in life here than | could do in the attic
l destroy flies who are trou olesome /,
the people who inhabt this room
Flies in the attic do not matter; bit
here ! not only make living but de
ECroy a nuisance
Scamper listened all this. and &C
copied the hospitality Specl offered 5,
generously; but he took pains to weav