While Mark Twain was editor of 3 | Missouri paper, a subscriber wrote to | him saying he had found a spider in to* | paper and asking Mark whether th k ■J was a sign of good or bad luck. ?K. jf following was the replv of the w cll ' | known humorist: "Old subscriber: F' nd ' | ing a spider in your paper was neith er good luck nor bad luck for you. W j spider was merely looking ' | pa [tor to see who was not advertiser - jj so that he could go to that factory or | store, spill his web across the door a" l ' | lead a life -of undisturbed peace afterward."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 210, 5 September 1931, Page 10
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