Show A Pet Battler Dick l Urnnnlngs pet rattlesnake 1 Is the chief curiosity of the Deep Hollow section Last spring when Htcton 11In ISrnnning was bliUiur I blues toite rocks in I the Great Rend townphip mountains f great mass of rattlesnakes was thrown high In the all by l the explosion of dynamite l dy-namite Nearly all 0 the ucrponts were killed outright but lel llig l one of them the biggest of the lot escaped with serious wounds Brunnlng I out of curiosity I picked up the rattler carried it h to Ills house and pluLed ii In a box of tollon and somehow some-how was glad to see It recover When tht stage of convaleHcence had passed the snake crawled out Into the yard anjl i in a Hw weeks crawled inlo the house where It noon became a household house-hold pet I l It I was named Pete The big snake appeared to be grateful for the care lavished upon It and endeavored lo I show It In various WHYS I would amuse the baby for hours by shakIng Its rattles > and It would twist Itself Into many shapes for Its edification One day In July a big black snake crawled into the house and was about 10 attack the sleeping baby in the emu dIe when Pete with 0 terrible rattle sprang to the rescue and after a hard battle killed the Intruder Occasionally ally Pete would l crawl into the cradle coddle 1 close lo time baby and sleep there for hours at IJ time Peter has become a famous rattler and not a rodent dare remain In the place When a tramp or peddler sip proachfS he will coll himself up on the t doorstep and prepare to strike l The in iud I Invariably I retreats One night last week Mr Brannlng and his wife well suddenly awakened by Petes loud milling The snake had crawled upon the bed and gave unmis takable evidence that something was wrong Mr Brunnlng at once ran downstairs where he found a barrel I of rubbish In flumes threatening the building with destructoln Pete had discovered the state of affairs and given the alarm Mr Brannlng has I been offered a fancy price for his pet but It Is not for sale Susquohunna I Ocean Pa Correspondence to Cuehnnnn Inter i |