Show TALES OF TI DAY Pingees Appoi tent A ear or so ago Governor PlnTee and Railroad CommissIoner Yesselus sat side by slOe In a Detroit Urn Rapids Western parlor car on their way to Lansing says the DetroIt Free Press A number of the political trends of the governor sat nearoy and Mr Pingree took advantage of the opportunity to air his views concerning corportons the lchln Central road the UclganPc nlnsular Car company etc Now take our millionaires he went on We have a lot ot themen with plenty of money and credit but at heart very cheap For example theres DavId Ward That man Is worth f OO but did anyone ever hear of hIs givIng a dollar of It for charity Not much The bulk of his property Is outside thq city yet we have to force him t ay the comparatively small assessment tIe Is a miterly old skinflint Present Vesselus had occasion to leave his seat to talk to n man In another an-other part ot the car A little old chap with bent form and wrinkled face had sat near the governor durIng the talk gveror an attentive listener He now left his seat to moo over and slide Into the vacancy va-cancy left by Vesselus I take I that you are the governor he begun Insinuatingly Mr Pingre begn Jnslnuatngly I havo never had the 111easure of meeting meet-ing you but 1t have seen your picture lee I i the governor Well I want to say Mr PIngre that I have listened closely to what you had to say about the corporations and mi lonaires and I Ieartly agree with you The governor was tickled at thIs and al once launched out 1n14 a general conversation con-versation They touched on the corporations corpora-tions again and various other matters and the governor was surprised mater fnd that hIs companion was a most delightful talker fully informed upon a wIde van eb of topics witty even brllant The governor actual was told something that he had not known before During the conversation hE had occasion again to bring 1I the name of David Van I know him well sid the old gentle man I have been acquainted wit him for many years and have had several business dealings with hIm and can say I truthfully that I have found him all you say and even wore Finally the tram pulled Into Lansing and all arOse to leave The governor held out his hand to the old gentleman My dear sir he said I have enjoyed thIs hour ot talk wIth you You are solid and sensible and I I have learned a great deal from you You I are a man after my own heart I hopi that at some future time we shal met and renew the acquaintance Do you live In Detroit Yes was the reply And mIl I ask your name The old man leaned over his face assumed as-sumed a serocomIc expression and as he looked the governor squarely in the ee he said In a slow drawl In the quietest ot tones hIs eye bam In My name sir is David Ward Mr Vard tells the forgoing story hImself him-self with great good humor He says it is oneof the best things he ever had happen hap-pen nf ol him I and that ills revenge was of a kInd that far surpasses rough talk or I I the use of weapons |