Dennis Tucker writes:

A 75-year-old Mansfield man decided it was high time he returned a book his deceased mother had when she passed away, but he was a little nervous about the fine.

Still, Stanley Dudek brought the volume back to the New Bedford Library anyway, 99 years, seven months and 12 days overdue.

The book, "Facts I Ought to Know about the Government of My Country" indicated it should have been returned to the library on May 2, 1910.

Library staff, however, was thrilled to get the book back and, much to Dudek's relief, waived the fine, saying the volume was now a historical artifact that would be turned over to the curator and likely put in the library's special collection.

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