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The Day of the Beast
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Title: The Day of the Beast
Author: Zane Grey
Release Date: April 21, 2005 [EBook #15673]
Language: English
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THE DAY OF THE BEAST
BY
ZANE GREY
AUTHOR OF TO THE LAST MAN, THE HERITAGE OF THE DESERT, THE MYSTERIOUS RIDER, ETC.
NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS
Made in the United States of America
THE DAY OF THE BEAST
1922 By Zane Grey Printed in the U.S.A.
THE DAY OF THE BEAST
DEDICATION
Herein is embodied my tribute to the American men who gave themselves to the service in the great war, and my sleepless and eternal gratitude for what they did for me.
ZANE GREY.
CHAPTER I
His native land! Home!
The ship glided slowly up the Narrows; and from its deck Daren Lane saw the noble black outline of the Statue of Liberty limned against the clear gold of sunset. A familiar old pang in his breast--longing and homesickness and agony, together with the physical burn o