With a groan, but an answering flame, Mr. Vandeford replied: "It's a fatal drag--. Yes. Some day we'll come back and try to put across another one!" THE END * * * * * Transcriber's note The following changes have been made to the text: Page 12: "marischino" changed to "maraschino". Page 14: "plenty ruffles" changed to "plenty of ruffles". Page 14: "nee" changed to "nee". Page 29: "heatrical" changed to "theatrical". Page 37: "mocking bird" changed to "mockingbird". Page 40: "Highcliffe" changed to "Highcliff". Page 42: "Vanderford" changed to "Vandeford". Page 57: "Madamoiselle" changed to "Mademoiselle". Page 58: "Madamoiselle" changed to "Mademoiselle". Page 61: "atinkle" changed to "atwinkle". Page 67: "Highcliffe" changed to "Highcliff". Page 90: "coemployer's" changed to "co-employer's". Page 114: "Fou get Gerald" changed to "You get Gerald". Pages 118-119: "ear of his coproducer" changed to "ear of his co-producer". Page 125: "Lindenberger" changed to "Lindenberg". Page 145: "I'd going to" changed to "I'm going to". Page 193: "She's geting along" changed to "She's getting along". Page 220: "the he Christian" changed to "the Christian". Page 236: "touseled" changed to "tousled" Page 237: "manila envelop" changed to "manila envelope". Page 245: "Vanderford" changed to "Vandeford". Page 307: "tryout" changed to "try-out". Page 373: "Esquimo" changed to "Eskimo". End of Project Gutenberg's Blue-grass and Broadway, by Maria Thompson Daviess