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.





THE DAY OF THE BEAST




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