To this end, and further to corroborate his fable, he had brought in the leather case not only writing materials, but a ream of large-size music paper, such as he considered suitable for an ambitious character like Jimson's.

'And now to work,' said he, when he had satisfied his appetite.

'We must leave traces of the wretched man's activity.' And he wrote in bold characters: ORANGE PEKOE.
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17.
J.B.JIMSON.
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score.
'I suppose they never do begin like this,' reflected Gideon; 'but then it's quite out of the question for me to tackle a full score, and Jimson was so unconventional.