Men who had been with Mr. Hearst in San Francisco were reminded
of the night he came into _The Examiner_ office and heard
of a man that had been seen on a half-submerged rock in the bay,
with the tide rising and certain to overwhelm him. In the office
they were wondering how he got there.
“What difference does it make how he got there?” Mr. Hearst
cut in. “Get him off first and find out afterward. Charter
tugs, call for volunteers, and save his life--that’s the main
thing.” They went out with the tugs (it was a wild night),
and rescued the man just before the seas rose over the rock.
(Text.)--CHARLES R. RUSSELL, _Harper’s Weekly_.
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=Emergency Devices=--See DECEPTION JUSTIFIED.