THE DICK AND LARRY SERIES

BY FRANCIS LYNDE

CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS

THE GOLDEN SPIDER

[While they looked, one paused, appeared to dance for an instant, and then disappeared.]

THE DICK AND LARRY SERIES

THE
GOLDEN SPIDER

BY

FRANCIS LYNDE

NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
1923

Copyright, 1923, by

CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS

Printed in the United States of America

Published September, 1923

TO MY GOOD FRIEND AND MINERALOGICAL MENTOR, CLARENCE M. CLARK, WITHOUT WHOSE KINDLY HELP, AND THE FREE USE OF HIS LIBRARY, SPECIMEN CABINETS AND LABORATORY, THE TALE OF THE GOLDEN SPIDER MIGHT NEVER HAVE BEEN WRITTEN, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED