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то A SPIDER. (!N ADVERSE POSSESSION OF A CORNER OF MY OFFICE WINDOW.) BY R. W. TAFT AND W. H. Buss.

HPHOU villain that, with fraudulent intent, Hast long aspired adversely to obtain Prescriptive title unto my domain, Against my right, my will, and my consent, — Take heed of grim disaster imminent! Thy presence irks me, and thy time is run, And, ere the setting of yon vernal sun, Will I eject thee from my tenement. But, hold! On second thought thou shalt not go Thou art attorney to the droning flies: Dost thou not suck them dry — yea, even so As we our biped clients — and thyself Wax fat upon their hardly-gotten pelf? Remain, co-champion in high emprise!