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he said . '' ` No , I do n't ; and if you 'll just listen without running away with ridiculous notions , Booms , ' said Granville , warming up a bit , ` I 'll explain myself . Two letters during the last fortnight have been undoubtedly opened before I saw them . They both arrived between eight o'clock in the evening and nine next morning , and they both came from sporting correspondents of ours in the country , and contained information of a private nature intended for our paper the next day . In one case it was about a horse race , and in the other about an important football match . The letters were not tampered with for the purpose of giving information to any other papers , because we were still the only paper who gave the news , so the probability is some one who wanted to bet on the event has tried to get hold of the news beforehand . ' '' ` I never made a bet in my life , ' said Booms .