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Excerpt from Cartagena and the Banks of the Sinú
Nothing could possibly have been a better corrective to the atmosphere Of war, the excited newspapers, the people ever on the lookout for news, the accounts Of hardships, heroism, and death at the front, and the oceans of false sentiment at home, than a Visit to Cartagena and the Sinu. Little enough the people there were stirred by war news, though they regarded it with a mild curiosity, tempered by lack Of faith in most of what they heard. True it was that several German steamers lay in the bay, blistered by the sun and dirty, their plates expanding and their paint dropping off in scales. The people looked at them at first and then took them apparentlyjust as they take their city and their lives, as sent by God, and therefore not to be questioned by mankind. They heard the news of the suicide of a German mate, unable to endure the monotony on board, and remarked, pobrecito. That was his epitaph. Certainly it was fitting for his death - or, rather, his escape from life. After a week or two within the walls Of the unconquered city one felt that there possibly might be a war, up some where in the clouds, but that it did not matter much. In fact, one soon assumed the attitude Of a man who passes by an ant-hill and sees the toiling multitudes beneath his feet, and then walks on, smoking a cigarette, and thinking that it is a fine day.
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