The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 17, April 25, 2004, Article 25

A REALLY OVERDUE LIBRARY BOOK

  On April 21, 2004,  Reuters reported that "A former British
  Royal Air Force employee has returned a history book to
  the Malta public library 42 years after he borrowed it and
  was given a cup of coffee instead of a fine.

  Ernie Roscouet, a resident of the Channel Islands,
  inadvertently packed the book when he left Malta in June
  1962 and returned it when his wife gave him a holiday to
  Malta as his 65th birthday present.

  "It's actually been on my conscience all this time," he told
  the Times of Malta newspaper."  Full Article

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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