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SHE had come to visit Nat's sister,
And there I met her one night;
A cousin, I think, of the family,
And a girl rather handsome and bright.
I remember we looked at an album;
And I told her how much I could guess
Of one's character just from a picture:
"Now witness," said I, "my success.
"Here's a photograph of a young maiden
Both pretty and modest and true."
She fairly colored with pleasure:
"Why, that's," she exclaimed, "sister Sue!"
"But here," I continued, elated,
"Is the worst-looking fellow thus far;
A stupid, old, senseless curmudgeon."
She simply said, "That's my papa!"
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