"My name is Rollo," said Rollo. "And mine," replied the stranger, "is Minnie." "Do you see that man out there," said Minnie, immediately after telling her name, "who is gathering the donations? Come and see what a play I will play him." Minnie was a French girl, and so, though she had learned English, she did not speak it quite according to the established usage. So she walked along towards the contribution man, wearing a very grave and demure expression of countenance as she went. Rollo kept by her side. As soon as they came near, the man held out his plate, hoping to receive a contribution from them. But as the plate already contained money which had been put in by former contributors, the action was precisely as if the man were offering money to the children, instead of asking it of them. So Minnie put forth her hand, and making a courtesy, took one of the pieces of money that were in the plate, pretending to suppose that the man meant to give it to her, and said at the same time, in French,-- "I am very much obliged to you, sir. It is just what I wanted." The man immediately exclaimed, "_Nein nein!_" which is the German for No! no! and then went on saying something in a very earnest tone, and holding out his hand for Minnie to give him back the money. Minnie did so, and then, looking up at Rollo with a very arch and roguish expression of countenance, she turned round and skipped away over the stone pavement, until she was lost from view behind an enormous column. Rollo saw her afterwards walking about with a gentleman and lady, the party to which she belonged. Rollo then asked the man who held the plate what he should do to get up into the towers. He asked this question in French, and the man replied in French that he must go "to the Swiss, and the Swiss would give him a ticket. "Where shall I find the Swiss?" asked Rollo. The man pointed to a distant part of the church, where a number of people were going in through a great iron gateway. "You will find him there somewhere," said the man, "and you will know him by his red dress." [Illustration: MINNIE'S ROGUERY.] So Rollo went and reported to his uncle George, and they together went in pursuit of the Swiss. They soon came to the great gate; and just inside of it they saw a man dressed in a long red gown which came down to his ankles. This proved to be what they called the Swiss. On making known to him what they wanted, this man gave them a ticket,--they paying him the usual fee for it,--and then went and found a guide who was to show them up into the galleries.