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THE CROSSING

BY

WINSTON CHURCHILL

AUTHOR OF “RICHARD CARVEL,” “THE CRISIS,” “THE CELEBRITY,” ETC. ETC. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY SYDNEY ADAMSON AND LILLIAN BAYLISS New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD. 1904 All rights reserved COPYRIGHT, 1903, BY WINSTON CHURCHILL. COPYRIGHT, 1903, BY P. F. COLLIER & SON. COPYRIGHT, 1904, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. Set up, electrotyped, and published May, 1904. Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co. Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.