They appeared first in one magazine, then in another, until one day, to his great joy, he received an order from an important firm of publishers for six wash-drawings to be used in illustrating a famous novel.

This was the beginning of his real success.

His illustrations were talked about almost as much as the book, and from that time on everything was easy.

He was in great demand by the publishers, and very soon the young artist, who had begun his career of independence on nothing a year so to speak, found himself in a handsomely appointed studio in Bryant Park, with more orders coming in than he could possibly fill, and enjoying an income of little less than $5,000 a year.

The money was all the sweeter to Jefferson in that he felt he had himself earned every cent of it.