Juan Francisco is a happy, healthy baby with a wet nurse named Rosaria. The entire ensemble is to travel together. They set out by steamer with some others bound for Paraguay. Ella is having trouble starting a conversation with a woman on the boat because everybody knows that she is a mistress. The woman's small dog is also a constant annoyance to her, so Ella leaves the ship to travel with her horse overland. A small escort accompanies her. Marie is not accustomed to traveling on horseback and breaks her arm in a fall. Dr. Kennedy leaves the steamer to assist and finds that Marie has a bad.....
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