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Show Why the Spider Was There. - When Mark Twain in his early days was editor of a Missouri paper, a superstitious subsciber wrote to him saying that he had found a spider iu his paper and asking him whether that was a sign of good luck or bad. The humorist wrote him this answer and printed it : "Old subscriber Finding the spi der in your paper was neither good luck nor bad luck for you. The spi der wan merely looking over our paper pa-per to see which merchant was not advertising, so that he could go to that store, spin bis web across the door and lead a life of undisturbed peace ever afterward." |