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                         THE MAKE´BELIEVE MAN 



THE MAKE´BELIEVE 

                            MAN 



                 By Richard Harding Davis 



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       I had made up my mind that when my vacation came I would spend it 

seeking adventures。        I have always wished for adventures�察�but�察�though I 

am   old   enoughI   was   twenty´five   last   Octoberand   have   always   gone 

half´way to meet them�察�adventures avoid me。               Kinney says it is my fault。 

He holds that if you want adventures you must go after them。 

     Kinney sits next to me at Joyce & Carboy's�察�the woollen manufacturers�察�

where I am a stenographer�察�and Kinney is a clerk�察�and we both have rooms 

at Mrs。 Shaw's boarding´house。           Kinney is only a year older than myself�察�

but he is always meeting with adventures。              At night�察�when I have sat up 

late reading   law�察 �so that   I  may  fit   myself   for  court   reporting�察 �and   in  the 

hope that some day I may become a member of the bar�察�he will knock at 

my door and tell me some surprising thing that has just happened to him。 

Sometimes he has followed a fire´engine and helped people from a fire´ 

escape�察  �or   he   has   pulled   the shield   off   a   policeman�察  �or   at the   bar of   the 

Hotel Knickerbocker has made friends with a stranger�察�who turns out to be 

no less   than   a   nobleman   or   an   actor。 And   women�察  �especially  beautiful 

women�察�are always pursuing Kinney in taxicabs and calling upon him for 

assistance。     Just to look at Kinney�察�without knowing how clever he is at 

getting people out of their difficulties�察�he does not appear to be a man to 

whom   you   would   turn   in   time   of   trouble。   You   would   think   women   in 

distress would appeal to some one bigger and stronger�察�would sooner ask a 

policeman。      But�察�on the contrary�察�it is to Kinney that women always run�察�

especially�察  �as   I   have   said�察  �beautiful   women。   Nothing   of   the   sort   ever 

happens to me。       I suppose�察�as Kinney says�察�it is because he was born and 

brought up in New York City  and   looks and   acts like  a New York   man�察�

while I�察�until a year ago�察�have always lived at Fairport。            Fairport is a very 

pretty harbor�察�but it does not train one for adventures。 We arranged to take 

our vacation at the same time�察�and together。 At least Kinney so arranged it。 

I see a good deal of him�察�and in looking forward to my vacation�察�not the 

least   pleasant   feature   of   it   was   that   everything   connected   with   Joyce   & 



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Carboy and Mrs。 Shaw's boarding´house would be left behind me。                         But 

when     Kinney     proposed     we   should    go   together�察  �I  could   not  see   how�察�

without being rude�察�I could refuse his company�察�and when he pointed out 

that   for   an   expedition   in   search   of   adventure   I   could   not   select   a   better 

guide�察�I felt that he was right。 

     ;Sometimes�察─�he said�察 �I can see you don't believe that half the things I 

tell you have happened to me�察�really have happened。                Now�察�isn't that so�拭─�

     To find the answer that would not hurt his feelings I hesitated�察�but he 

did not wait for my answer。          He seldom does。 

     ;Well�察─�on this trip�察─�he went on�察 �you will see Kinney on the job。 You 

won't have to take my word for it。            You will see adventures walk up and 

eat out of my hand。; 

     Our vacation came on the first of September�察�but we began to plan for 

it in April�察�and up to the night before we left New York we never ceased 

planning。      Our   difficulty   was   that   having   been   brought   up   at   Fairport�察�

which is on the Sound�察�north of New London�察�I was homesick for a smell 

of salt marshes and for the sight of water and ships。                Though they were 

only schooners carrying cement�察�I wanted to sit in the sun on the string´ 

piece of a wharf and watch them。             I wanted to beat about the harbor in a 

catboat�察�and feel the tug and pull of the tiller。           Kinney protested that that 

was no way to spend a vacation or to invite adventure。                 His face was set 

against    Fairport。    The     conversation     of  clam´diggers�察     �he  said�察 �did   not 

appeal   to   him�察  �and   he   complained   that   at   Fairport   our   only   chance   of 

adventure   would   be   my   capsizing   the   catboat   or   robbing   a   lobster´pot。 

He insisted we should go to the mountains�察�where we would meet what he 

always   calls   ;our   best   people。;   In   September�察  �he   explained�察  �everybody 

goes to the mountains to recuperate after the enervating atmosphere of the 

sea´shore。      To this I objected that the little sea air we had inhaled at Mrs。 

Shaw's basement dining´room and in the subway need cause us no anxiety。 

And so�察�along these lines�察�throughout the sleepless�察�sultry nights of June�察�

July�察�and August�察�we fought it out。          There was not a summer resort within 

five   hundred   miles   of   New   York   City   we   did   not   consider。   From   the 

information bureaus and passenger agents of every railroad leaving New 



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York�察    �Kinney     procured     a   library   of   timetables�察   �maps�察    �folders�察  �and 

pamphlets�察�illustrated with the most attractive pictures of summer hotels�察�

golf links�察�tennis courts�察�and boat´ houses。            For two months he carried on 

a   correspondence   with the   proprietors   of   these hotels�察  �and in   comparing 

the   different   prices   they   asked   him   for   suites   of   rooms   and   sun   parlors 

derived constant satisfaction。 

     ;The Outlook House�察─�he would announce�察 �wants twenty´four dollars 

a   day    for  bedroom�察     �parlor�察  �and   private    bath。    While     for   the   same 

accommodations   the   Carteret Arms   asks   only   twenty。            But   the   Carteret 

has   no   tennis   court�察  �and   then   again�察  �the   Outlook   has   no   garage�察  �nor   are 

dogs allowed in the bedrooms。; 

     As Kinney could not play lawn tennis�察�and as neither of us owned an 

automobile   or   a   dog�察  �or   twenty´four   dollars�察 �these   details   to   me   seemed 

superfluous�察     �but   there   was   no   health   in  pointing    that   out  to  Kinney。 

Because�察�as he himself says�察�he has so vivid an imagination that what he 

lacks he can ;make believe; he has�察�and the pleasure of possession is his。 

     Kinney gives a great deal of thought to his clothes�察�and the question of 

what he   should   wear on   his   vacation   was upon his   mind。 When   I  said   I 

thought   it   was   nothing   to   worry   about�察  �he   snorted   indignantly。     ;YOU 

wouldn't� ─�he said。        ;If I'D been brought up in a catboat�察�and had a tan 

like a red Indian�察�and hair like a Broadway blonde�察�I wouldn't worry either。 

Mrs。 Shaw says you look exactly like a British peer in disguise。;                     I had 

never seen a British peer�察�with or without his disguise�察�and I admit I was 

interested。 

     ;Why are the girls in this house�察─�demanded Kinney�察 �always running 

to your room to borrow matches�拭            �Because they admire your CLOTHES�拭�

If they're crazy about clothes�察�why don't they come to ME for matches�拭─�

     ;You are always out at night�察─�I said。 

     ;You know that's not the   answer�察─�he protested。               ;Why do the type´ 

writer girls at the office always go to YOU to sharpen their pencils and tell 

them how to spell the hard words�拭             �Why do the girls in the lunch´rooms 

serve you first�拭      �Because they're hypnotized by your clothes�拭               �Is THAT 

it�拭─�



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     ;Do they�拭─�I asked�察 �I hadn't noticed。; 

    Kinney snorted and tossed up his arms。            ;He hadn't noticed� ─�he kept 

repeating。     ;He    hadn't   noticed� ─   �For    his  vacation   Kinney     bought    a 

second´hand suit´case。        It was covered with labels of hotels in France and 

Switzerland。 

     ;Joe�察─�I said�察 �if you carry that bag you will be a walking falsehood。; 

    Kinney's      name    is  Joseph   Forbes    Kinney�察   �he  dropped     the  Joseph 

because he said it did not appear often enough in the Social Register�察�and 

could be found only in the Old Testament�察�and he has asked me to call him 

Forbes。     Having first known him as ;Joe�察─�I occasionally forget。 

     ;My name is NOT Joe�察─�he said sternly�察 �and I have as much right to 

carry   a   second´hand   bag   as   a   new   one。 The   bag   says   IT   has   been   to 

Europe。     It does not say that I have been there。; 

     ;But�察�you probably will�察─�I pointed out�察 �and then some one who has 

really visited those places; 

     ;Listen� ─�commanded Kinney。            ;If you want adventures you must be 

somebody of importance。          No one will go shares in an adventure with Joe 

Kinney�察    �a  twenty´dollar´a´week      clerk�察 �the  human     adding   machine�察   �the 

hall´room boy。      But Forbes Kinney�察�Esq。�察�with a bag from Europe�察�and a 

Harvard ribbon round his hat; 

     ;Is that a Harvard ribbon round your hat�拭─�I asked。 

     ;It is� ─�declared Kinney�察 �and I have a Yale ribbon�察�and a Turf Club 

ribbon�察�too。     They come on hooks�察�and you hook 'em on to match your 

clothes�察�or the company you keep。          And�察�what's more�察─�he continued�察�with 

some heat�察 �I've borrowed a tennis racket

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