Wasps and their ways . aspwent in and examined it; evidently find-ing all as she had left it, she flew off andsoon returned with a spider which shedeposited in the far end of the cell, after % THE MASONS 213 a long struggle with the booty, which wasalmost too large for the little store-house,and which appeared to have too many andtoo long legs for the use to which it wasbeing put. The wasps own legs and wings werealso superfluities in this particular walk oflife, and though she could goin easily enough, when shestruggled out backwards, theyseemed on the point of beingtorn off and left behind w
Wasps and their ways . aspwent in and examined it; evidently find-ing all as she had left it, she flew off andsoon returned with a spider which shedeposited in the far end of the cell, after % THE MASONS 213 a long struggle with the booty, which wasalmost too large for the little store-house,and which appeared to have too many andtoo long legs for the use to which it wasbeing put. The wasps own legs and wings werealso superfluities in this particular walk oflife, and though she could goin easily enough, when shestruggled out backwards, theyseemed on the point of beingtorn off and left behind with the spider inthe cell. One wished she could unhookher members and hang them up outside,though such an arrangement would verylikely have resulted in her complete over-throw, as Number Two undoubtedly wouldhave run away with them, and thus havehad Number One in her power. As it was. Number One managed tostruggle free with all her parts upon her,and this done she stood on the cell andlooked around. Meantime Number Two. ^^Mi She a 214 WASPS AND THEIR WAYS had hidden behind the mass of cells, andthere she remained until Number One flewaway, when she at once appeared and went^^and put her head into the^^^—^wfeT open cell as if to see whatlm!yAv^mSvJ^ had been going on there. appeared to want to goand pull that spider out— but it was tucked away at the far endand she probably dared not trust her per-son in a position of such advantage to avindictive foe. Well for her she did not, for while shewas still investigating, along came NumberOne with a second spider, and away ranNumber Two. The spider was crowded into the nestwith the same trouble as to superfluouslegs and wings on the part of captor andprey as before, then Number One, suspect-ing Number Two, made chase for was a skirmish, in which the twograppled and rolled head over heels, Num- THE MASONS 215 ber Two finally dropping to the ground,and Number One going for more spiders. Number Two was not out of the com-bat
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