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`` She seems to like you very well . '' `` O , well , that 's nothing ; she 's only a girl , and I 'm only a boy , '' added the skipper . Much to his relief , the topic was changed . The return trip was quite as pleasant as the other had been , and at nine o'clock the Skylark landed her passengers at the steamboat wharf , in good order and condition , and very much delighted with the excursion . The skipper received the eight dollars for the trip , and paid off his crew . It was Saturday night , and Monkey wanted to buy some provisions and groceries for his mother with the money he had earned ; but he proposed to return before ten , and sleep on board , as usual . Bobtail told him he had better spend Sunday at home , for he could not pay him when the yacht did not go out .