[Illustration: "Hell-o, Ford, where the blazes did you drop down from?"
a welcoming voice yelled. Frontispiece.]




CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I "Married! And I Don't Know Her Name!"
II Wanted: Information
III One Way to Drown Sorrow
IV Reaction
V "I Can Spare this Particular Girl"
VI The Problem of Getting Somewhere
VII The Foreman of the Double Cross
VIII "I Wish You'd Quit Believing in Me!"
IX Impressions
X In Which the Demon Opens an Eye and Yawns
XI "It's Going to Be an Uphill Climb!"
XII At Hand-Grips with the Demon
XIII A Plan Gone Wrong
XIV The Feminine Point of View
XV The Climb
XVI To Find and Free a Wife
XVII What Ford Found at the Top