Young Fonzo Suarez' playground of enterprise is a little lakeside village in the highlands of Jalisco, Mexico, beside the beautiful but diminishing Lake Chapala. On its north shore some thousands of dark-skinned natives have lived for centuries, and there also nowadays many thousands of Americans and Canadians have settled among them to enjoy a serene retirement. Happily, these gringos have come with lots of money, and they require lots of house building and servicing; thus providing a prosperous industry in which chubby Fonzo may always be there for the next opportunity. There always seems to be a next one. He may seem a bumbling, absurdly dressed fool, but his innate resources are formidable. Years living in Los Angeles have made his English perfect; his family in the village is of the oldest, wealthy and influential; and he has not a least scruple to inhibit him in any of his pursuits. It will work against him only that he can suddenly, in careless moments, become sentimental. He is a true fool for love.