The phrase “the check is in the mail” took on a whole new meaning for Phoenix, AZ, high school librarian Georgette Bordine, who recently received a surprise package in the mail containing two books belonging to the Camelback High School library—which were 51 years overdue.
More surprising than the return of the two Audubon Society books was a money order for $1,000, accompanied by a letter from the anonymous sender who was a member of the senior class of 1959. The student, who moved and inadvertently took the books along with him, recently discovered them among his parents' possessions.
"I've enclosed a money order to cover my delinquency dues," the letter reads. "At 0.02 cents per day it works out at $745.00 for 51 years,” the letter said. “I've sent along a few more dollars in case the rates changed."
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