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`` I 'll run over and get mother , '' said he , with an air that implied , `` I 'll soon settle this matter . '' But the matter was very far from settled by Mrs. Perry 's testimony . She only repeated what she had already told her daughter-in-law . `` The bundle came on the noon express , '' said she , `` and I told Mr. Perry to set it down in the kitchen , and I would see that it got over to you . He did n't know how to stop just then . It laid there on one of the kitchen-chairs while I was clearing away the dinner-dishes . Then about two o'clock I was changing my dress , when I heard Willy whistling out in the yard , and I ran into the kitchen and got the bundle , and called him to take it .