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Title
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A Pair of Spiderlings
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Date
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1898
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Creator
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Elizabeth Van Sant
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Rights
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spider. With that object in view we went out to the fields
where we had found several full growm lycosids in the spring.
Peering down into the tunnels we would occasionally see two
tiny points of light, which we had learned were the eyes of
the spiders. ‘Thon we would thrust down a slender stem of
grass, moving 1% slightly fron side to side, and were often
able to conx the oceupent to the entrance, For some tine
we found none but mature spiders; but at lest, sitting serene-
ly on the edge of a tunnel, we found 2 little lycosid, almost
exactly the size of Robinson, Wo jokingly called nim "ui-
cazber," becruse he seemed to be waiting for something to
turn up, and the name clung to him,
The day after
cawber's capture I heard a voice calling
from the kitchen, “Here's Robi® iastening thither I soon had
the truant detwe: ny hands and called for a glass to put hin
in, ‘There was no mistaking his identity, and the promptness
with which he tock refuge in his room when restored to his
cage showed thet he was fomiliar with the promises. It would
have been interesting, indeed, to have followed his jJourney-
ings about the nouse for three days.
During tho next few weeks Robinson outgrow and rebuilt
his house twice, the last time on a scale that would have ac-
cormodated one or two besides hinself.
iicawber was 2 little larger than Robinson, They shed
their skins almost simltaneously, and with each shedding grew
more unlike, until finally the conclusion forced itself upon
iiiais —
