Ogden Daily Standard | 1898-08-06 | Page 4 | Too Tired to Work

too tired to woric Malag anians do not want to bo bothered or improved they want to bo let alone they neither welcome you when yon come nor speed yon when yon go they are indifferent which yon do yon may pay your bill to the day if yon like or leave it if yon had rather wait nobody will tonch a coin or a valuable it yon leave it on conr table but if yon lose a pencil or an eyeglass no one will ever find it it is too much trouble never hope to havo letters forwarded for yon will aso them no more and few registered parcels escape the post citira A year ago for we wintered there twice I 1 wanted to send a telegram and went to the principal office malaga is fourth or fifth in importance among spanish towns the office was only open twice a day for an hour or two at a time not a clerk conid anything ant spanish so I 1 bad to go back to tho hotel for tho interpreter to translate my massago mos sago when it I 1 wanted a note for 25 pesetas francs changed all the clerks at all the pigeonholes were very kind and civil and smoked cigarettes while they looked for change ant tho whole office could not muster it so I 1 was left to pay next tima it is as a life apart altogether spectator