Word: counterfeited
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...plays "Santa Claus for once in his life", unaware that Dr. Bernard, a fiendish old pervert in love with Joan is following them. Lady Luck further sets the stage when Doug's pal finds a check and draws out an innocent-looking violin case which is full of counterfeit money. With both Dr. Bernard and the counterfeiters on his trail Doug displays his acrobatic inheritance to good advantage in a thrilling dash through and above a switch yard of moving trains. Complications ensue when Joan is arrested for passing some of the bogus cash and the alcoholic pal walks...
...coins are of such perfect impressions that identification by the design is impossible for the layman. Due to lead content, however, their color tends to be darker than that of the true tokens and they can be cut more easily with a pen-knife. Anyone attempting to pass a counterfeit coin is liable to immediate arrest...
...hobo who, after stealing a hat and coat from a men's washroom, reconnoitres in the station until he has a good suit of clothes, a roll of bills and a girl. His tramp companion picks up a parcel check which Fairbanks cashes for a violin case full of counterfeit money. Detectives looking for the counterfeiter find Fairbanks, when he is helping his girl to rid herself of a perverse admirer who wears dark glasses and a crippled foot. Eventually Fairbanks clears himself, but not until the counterfeiter, trying to retrieve his bills, has killed a policeman. In the meantime...
...order," cried a shocked questioner, "for members to sit here filling out counterfeit Irish Sweepstake tickets...
...humor and facility engender their allied failings, and the book never bites through to reality. Lacking the sincere emotionalism of Dickens, he yet does not reach the labored truth of Galsworthy, though he has learned from both. Still his lively perceptions create a very readable and satisfying counterfeit of life. Accomplished craftsman, lie has an excellent understanding of the novelist's profession, a less imposing knowledge...