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Share Link copied Format epub Published May 03, 2026 Rating No reviews yet ![Despair's Last Journey](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/works/01kqnnj35bwfabz08w3gbh9dtt/cover.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20261003%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20261003T180420Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=78241581671f38bd02d3d366d94b7b2df55ea575a19792d24a9b6a0cd63dd88d) ## About this work Despair's Last Journey by David Christie Murray — a public-domain edition published by publica.now. Sample ## Take a look inside DESPAIR’S LAST JOURNEY By David Christie Murray 1901 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION HOW AND WHERE THE STORY OF DESPAIR’S LAST JOURNEY WAS TOLD I II III THE STORY OF PAUL ARMSTRONG’S LIFE AND OF DESPAIR’S LAST JOURNEY CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI CHAPTER XVII CHAPTER XVIII CHAPTER XIX CHAPTER XX CHAPTER XXI CHAPTER XXII CHAPTER XXIII CHAPTER XXIV CHAPTER XXV CHAPTER XXVI CHAPTER XXVII CHAPTER XXVIII CHAPTER XXIX INTRODUCTION—HOW AND WHERE THE STORY OF DESPAIR’S LAST JOURNEY WAS TOLD I A solitary passenger alighted from the train, and many people looked curiously after him. The mulatto porter handed to the platform a well-battered portmanteau, which was plastered thickly over with luggage-labels and the advertising tickets of hotels in every quarter of the globe. A great canvas bag followed, ornamented in like fashion. Then from the baggage-van an invisible person tumbled, a canvas bale. The coffee-coloured mulatto held out a grayish-white palm for the quarter-dollar the passenger was ready to drop into it, and stepped back to the platform of the car. The engine bell tolled slowly, as if it sounded a knell, and the train wound away. The curve of the line carried it out of sight in less than a minute, but in the clear mountain air the quickened ringing of the bell, the pant of the engine, and the roll of the wheels were audible for a long time. Then the engine, with a final wail of good-bye, plunged into the tunnel of a distant snow-shed, and the whole region seemed as quiet as a grave. The little weatherboard railside station was void of life, and there was not a soul in sight.… [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Fdespairs-last-journey) The sample continues in the full work. 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