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Certainly it would be the most sensational communication that had ever appeared in a newspaper. In a day or two, granted always that the _Times_ had no doubts as to his sanity and printed the letter, the whole Press would be ablaze with it; Wimbledon would be besieged by reporters eager to see miracles; and then they would go away and write lurid articles, some about the miracles, if they saw them, and some about an absolutely new form of conjuring that he had invented. CERTAINLY IT WOULD BE THE MOST SENSATIONAL COMMUNICATION THAT HAD EVER APPEARED IN A NEWSPAPER IN A DAY OR TWO GRANTED ALWAYS THAT THE TIMES HAD NO DOUBTS AS TO HIS SANITY AND PRINTED THE LETTER THE WHOLE PRESS WOULD BE ABLAZE WITH IT WIMBLETON WOULD BE BESIEGED BY REPORTERS EAGER TO SEE MIRACLES AND THEN THEY WOULD GO AWAY AND WRITE LURID ARTICLES SOME ABOUT THE MIRACLES IF THEY SAW THEM AND SOME ABOUT AN ABSOLUTELY NEW FORM OF CONJURING THAT HAD BEEN EV
 generally called sport. He had a fixed opinion that all the events happening in the world which really mattered, not even excepting the proceedings of learned societies and the criminal and civil Law Courts, could be adequately recorded on a couple of sheets of notepaper. In other words, he had an absolute contempt for everything that makes a newspaper sell, and therefore his daughter had very soon learnt to omit these fascinating items entirely. Curiously enough, his mind seemed to be running on this subject of all things that morning. He had been reading an article in the _Fortnightly_ on the growing sensationalism, and therefore the general decadence of the English Press a day or two before, and this had got connected up in his thoughts with the amazing happenings of the last twelve hours, and he asked himself what would happen if he were to give the narrative of his experiences in a letter to the _Times_, supported by the authority of his own distinguished and irreproachable name. FOOTBALL RACING IN WHAT IS GENERALLY CALLED SPORT HE HAD A FIXED OPINION THAT ALL THE EVENTS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD WHICH REALLY MATTERED NOT EVEN EXCEPTING THE PROCEEDINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES AND THE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAW COURTS COULD ADEQUATELY BE RECORDED ON A COUPLE OF SHEETS OF NEW PAPER IN OTHER WORDS HE HAD AN ABSOLUTE CONTEMPT FOR EVERYTHING THAT MAKES A NEWSPAPER SELL AND THEREFORE HIS DAUGHTER HAD VERY SOON LEARNED TO ADMIT THESE FASCINATING ITEMS ENTIRELY CURIOUSLY ENOUGH HIS MIND SEEMED TO BE RUNNING ON THIS SUBJECT OF ALL THINGS THAT MORNING HE HAD BEEN READING AN ARTICLE IN A FORTNIGHT ON A GROWING SENSATIONALISM AND THEREFORE A GENERAL DECADENCE OF THE ENGLISH PRESS A DAY OR TWO BEFORE AND THIS HAD GOT CONNECTED UP IN HIS THOUGHTS WITH THE AMAZING HAPPENINGS OF THE LAST TWELVE HOURS AND HE ASKED HIMSELF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF HE WOULD GIVE THE NARRATIVE OF HIS EXPERIENCES IN A LETTER TO THE TIMES SUPPORTED BY THE AUTHORITY OF HIS OWN DISTINGUISHED AND IRREPROACHABLE NAME
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