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Have you looked at the papers ? '' `` Yes . Nothing in them about any accident . I 'm still hoping he 'll be in at noon , catching that early morning train . '' `` I hope for a telegram from him anyway , when we get to the hotel , '' replied the manager . But McCarthy did not show up , nor was there any telegram from him awaiting when the team reached their hotel . _ Baldwin Shows His Hand _ `` There 's a swarm of reporters down in the lobby all excited over McCarthy , '' announced Swanson as , in obedience to orders , he , with Kennedy , Norton and Technicalities Feehan , gathered in Clancy 's room soon after breakfast .