Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-08-04
A SPIDERS CRIME.
Dlsobedicnce Brings Its Sure Reward to n
Little Insect.

Dlsobedience Brings Its Sure Reward to
Little Insect.
By unexpectedly destroying a web spider
reaches stage where his power of reproducing
web is exhausted When that stage is reached
the spider attacks another spider, kills him and
takes his ball of web from him.-Natural His
tory.
There was never more moral spider
hatched out of an egg than this little
hero of my story. His friends called him
"Speck."
He was born in the northeast corner
of the garret, and the early portion of
his life was passed quietly there. He
had very intimate friend by the name
of Scamper, with whom he had great
frolics; whenever he caught ai espc-
cially fat fly he always shared it with
Scamper, and he loved him as dearly as
If he were his brother. Scamper was
larger, longer-legged spider, and of
dark brown color.
When the two friends were just
about fully grown, they began to have
restless longiiigs to travel and see the
world. Speck's old mother objected to
this as she assured them they were bet
ter off in the quiet garret where
brooms seldom entered. The broom to
spider is what deadly shell or Cat
ling gun is to men in the war. AS soon
as spiders eyes are opened, his mother
begins to tell him about brooms, and to
warn him against them.
"If you travel out of this attic" said
the old lady, you will come to grief.
Here you can live in peace and die u
natural death" n.
But Speck and Scamper were not to
be kept at home in this way The more
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
windowsill, and finally they spun
down to the second story, and
heard voices and saw faces; and
once Speclk swung on his slender
swing in front of the front bedroom
window, and watched the housemaid
while she swept the floor and brushed
down cobwebs with that terrible broom
he had heard 80 much about Then, as
she approached the window, he flew ur
his ladder and hauled it in after him
rs he went, and told Scamper all about
what he had seen as they hurried back
to the attic.
You wodld think this was quite
enough to keep them away from the
second story thereafter; but instead, il
made them all the more eager for ad
venture. And adventures enough they
had in the next week. Speck went
down and deliberately wove his wei
across a corner of the very window
from which he had watched the house
maid; and Scamper stood on the out
side of the upper casing invisi
BILE to eyes within, and watches
proceedings. Before Speck had bee
there two hours he had caugh
two large flies, and Scampe
and he had dined sumptuously
Then, just as they were finishing thei
repast, the housemaid approached til
window, and off they ran as fast Il
their legs would take them. The mai
took whisk-broo hanging near b
and brushed down the web. But a
soon as she had gone Speck rebuilt it.
you see she will not be likely t
return here again very soon," he e!
planned to Scamper. ''She thinks he
work all done now, and she will NJ
bother about this window, so ! sha
be unmolested for some days, no doub
And am really doing far more goc
in life here than could do in the atti
/ destroy flies who are troublesome
the people who inhabit this roor
Flies in the attic do not matter; b'
here not only make living but d
stroy a nuisance
Scamper listened to all this, and a
ceptea the hospitality Speck offered
gerseaslyi ts: I've took pains 70 wea