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Thomas McArdle of Greenbelt, Md., said he checked the book out from Chestnut Street Elementary School in Scottdale when he was in the sixth grade and loved it too much to bring it back, the Connellsville (Pa.) Daily Courier reported Monday.

"I had to write a paper in class and I took out a brand-new book, a novel, written for that age about the story of Rome and how Rome developed from when it was founded by Romulus and Remus. I just fell in love with the book and then I did a nasty thing, I kept the book. I read it about three or four times after that", McArdle said. "I have quite a book collection now and one day we were dusting the book shelves and I saw the book and thought it was time to return it."

McArdle said he returned the book to the Southmoreland School District in a package with a letter apologizing for its lateness.

"I don't know what a fee would be on a book that has been overdue for 73 years but we are going to wave the fee since it has been returned", Southmoreland Middle School Principal Daniel Clara said.

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