Show BIG TENFOOT PYTHON I IS GIRLS QUEER PET BILLY GETS A MILK BATH DAILY AND IS HOUSED IN LUXURIOUS LUX-URIOUS QUARTERS Bangor MeMlss Myrtle Lembert of Strong has a strange pet In n ten foot python brought from Asia and resented by a friend Miss Lambert has developed n passion for snakes and the python Is her household pet It belongs to the boa constrictor va rlety and eventually Is expected to reach a length of 25 to SO feet The python which Its owner has named Hilly Is very fastidious at Ic Its food and it Insists on having nice tat chickens for Its meals Miss Lam bert has another snake of tho coral variety that she prizes highly It was given her by the same person who tJ I a Every Morning the Snake Gets a Bath of Milk gave her the big fellow The little snake is about three feet In length and one of Its favorite positions Is called in Its mistress hair Here It will remain perfectly quiet for hours at a time observing all that Is going on however The two snakes are great friends Hilly receives as much care as a child Every morning the snake gets a bath of new milk the body afterward being wiped quite dry The box occupied occu-pied by the snake which was made for his especial occupancy is constructed of polished woods and Is lined with soft cloths There are perches In the box and a long shelf that his snake ship may stretch upon I have alwaYI had a great liking for snakes said Miss Lambert Afraid of snakes Well I should say not I For my part I cant see what then Is about a snake that a girl should be afraid of Now some might say that Billy Is dangerotm but 1 am not a bit afraid of the big fellow Its true that he has tho power now to Kill a human hu-man being by crushing but I ftnow i that he wont hurt rue fort thlnl 1m loves me He Is so nice and affectionate affection-ate running his head up on my face and in a way almost kissing my cheek Why Id hate to part with Hilly and dont intend to as long as I can koef himOne One day not long ago till snake escaped es-caped from its box and Invaded the family pantry Then there was a greal commotion for In his progress about the place ho tipped over many piece of china nnd the resulting wreck was something that the family may remember remem-ber for somo time It was on the same day when the big fellow was making his way through the parlor of the house In Ills course of Investigation that tho fdmlly cat espied the serpent Thero was a frantic fran-tic meow and the cat mado her escape es-cape through a window Since that day sho has not returned and It Is thought that the fright which the fellno experienced was so great that she has gone to live with people who have no snakes |