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`` That 's a better boat than the Eagle . If I had her I should charge eight dollars a day . But how did you get that stuff out of the Skylark ? '' `` I ran over in the night , and landed it between one and two o'clock in the morning , when no one was stirring in our part of the town . I hid it away in the attic , and this man took it away in the night , '' replied Bobtail , confining himself strictly to the facts , though of course he was no less guilty of deception than if he had told a number of square lies , except that the deception was in the interest of justice . `` It was lucky for the old man that you picked that boat up ; but he 's mean if he do n't give you something handsome , '' added Ben . `` I have had the use of the boat ever since I picked her up . ''