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`` Boy , you 'll find my automobile at the hotel entrance , '' stated Major Woodruff . `` Give this card to my chauffeur , and he 'll take you on the jump to the telegraph office . Then come back in the automobile , and wait for more work . '' `` Do you expect anyone in Washington to get that message now , after ten o'clock at night ? '' Jack asked , wonderingly . `` To-night ? '' repeated Major Woodruff .