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Eighth Day: Ellen

Grace went off in high glee, and Mrs. King turned to Jessie. "Here is a good little girl who can chop the ham for the sandwiches if Ellen will cut some slices for her. Of course we can't make them before to-morrow morning, but the ham can be chopped and shut up tight in a cold place, and it will be quite as good. The bread that is just going in to bake will be exactly right to cut up by that time." "I never heard before of chopping ham that was to go in sandwiches," observed Ellen; "I always saw the slices just put in whole." "And did you ever see any one try to bite through a good thick piece of ham and two slices of bread, Ellen?" said Mrs. King. "I have, and dreadful work they made of it. Some people are so particular that they grate the ham, but I think it is just as good chopped up into rather small pieces; not too fine, Jessie, but about a quarter of a mouthful."