A WISE SPIDER.
When Mark Twain in his early days was editor of a Missouri paper, a superstitious subscriber wrote to him saying that he had found a spider in: 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 a spider in your paper was neither good luck nor bad luck for you. The spider was merely looking over our paper to see which merchant is not ■advertising, so that he can go to that store, spin his web across the door, and. lead a life of undisturbed peace ever afterward."
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXI, Issue LXII, 11 May 1912, Page 9
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108A WISE SPIDER. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXI, Issue LXII, 11 May 1912, Page 9
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