Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-29

! away and re,reaisd g. his den In the
eNlfeiuo upper ltfi-htn1 corner N his
w9n. whore hc rem1ined. quiet. but
plllnly 10 at sase.
The hot-hen ied iitilc spidsr fnmei
about IN his corner In "a towering rage,
anu while hls fury was Nc 10 height
ny. ihtr spider u n crtyish hue. and
With long. ugly-i1nking had and a
small body. came gliding down on n
lnfie threid from q pane above the
nlack SPIDERS corner This spider
lpintl ihg r1ging black one. add bv
ana hy the hitter ri9ied d0wn. Tho
Two remained Together in apparent
slhhneniinl conflb, a while az . then
.he spider with The ipng. nercs hrt1,
d1rifd out upon the blk brown spidrr's
wen and followed u % the den al me
upper corner.
Ihtfc he fingered sumo time. as II dis
cuhslns with the brown the matter that
hll caused the commotiun. Presently
the arilc gray spider dartsJ away aud
proceeded 20 n web on the pane above
NC big brown rnidor's most. whcr, an
other spider hung lisiisrsly. wrapped up
~ MS long. hairy icga when the fray
entered thu hairy spiders web the hairy
one unwrnpped himself and mot hie
visitor cordially. A Short but earnaat
lntcrvlow Cnsucd and then the hairy
spider quickly dropped down 10 the big
brown spiders uunrters. and the gray
With the long head hurritd back 10 the
little black rpidpr'a corner.
'Incrcdibie NJ u may rcom. the sequel
proved that the array spider had haynnd
all question OF doubt arranged n duel
between the little black and the hin
brown. the gray bcinr the second OF the
former, and having Induced thr hairy
spider who seemed 10 have plenty ~
leisure on his hands, 10 act NJ next best
friend 10 the big brown IN the affalr
Not long sfier the gray spider had
returned 10 the blacks corner tho two
gilded out, reached the blk browns web.
advanced almost 10 the center Of Il and
stopped. The brown and the hairy spl.
der suon aftcrward came from the for
mers den ana advanced toward the
center o fthc web. stopping within an
Inch of gn ~ the Others. Other mem.
htfa ~ the spider colony NUT have had
iniultivc knowledge ~ what was going
on. Tor spiders Of all sizoa. shapes and
color came gliding 10 the scene TO be
spectators 81 what was evidently 60 be-
q ncuc encounter. The hairy spider aud
the stray one roircatcd rpmo distance
from their principais Then the two
combltantr ruuhcd together.
'Hrhoy struggled moment. Heparai.
cd. rushed together again. and tumbicd
and turgcd and wrosticd until the well
Hwayed and bent ana broke here and
there .nito ragged holes. Al the time
the Two attendant spiders lowered
franiicaiiy each about Ms principal. az
II coaching the gpldcfH as 10 the hest
advantage. The spectator spiders
showed no little excitement themselves.
and ran 30 AMI fro along the edgc Of
the saah around the pane AZ tho fight
progressed when the battle was az
H. fcrccat one round bodied Black
spider ~ IN Same species ~ the small
rr contestant. probably fearing Tor the
outcome ~ me iRht. made q rush from
the line - spectators Into the field of
combat 10 take hand In the fight.
Before he reached the spot. however.
he was collarcd BY both the hairy
rp.dor AMI the ionT-Hcndcd gray one
and hustled back into the cnowd -
quick that ne sccmcd dnzed and re-
mhincd perchcd on the edge % the
ash until tho fight was over without
a. much a. moving a ler.
while this exciting side Incident was
t1gaRing the attention ~ The seconds
the principals separated, csch retreat
Ina an inch or Two, whore they riaFcd
nj each other. Tho attendant frldera
rushed each 20 his prlncipai. and FOR az
much M n quarter ~ q minute things
remained quit. Then The puRnacious
little black spider moved slowly for
ward and the hlg fellow advanced 20
meet him. whether the little fellow
had been Instructed by his second
during the breathing spell I. 81 course.
don't know. but when the two ducllisis