Now Dinah did not know but that Marcella had placed Raggedy in the
clothes hamper to be washed, so she soaped Raggedy well and scrubbed her
up and down over the rough wash-board.

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Two buttons from the back of Raggedy's dress came off and one of
Raggedy Ann's shoe-button eyes was loosened as Dinah gave her face a
final scrub.

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Then Dinah put Raggedy Ann's feet in the wringer and turned the crank.
It was hard work getting Raggedy through the wringer, but Dinah was very
strong. And of course it happened! Raggedy Ann came through as flat as a
pancake.

It was just then, that Marcella returned and saw Raggedy.

"Why, Dinah! How could you!" Marcella had sobbed as she snatched the
flattened Raggedy Ann from the bewildered Dinah's hand.

Mamma patted Marcella's hand and soon coaxed her to quit sobbing.

When Dinah explained that the first she knew of Raggedy being in the
wash was when she took her from the boiler, Marcella began crying again.

"It was all my fault, Mamma!" she cried. "I remember now that I threw
dear old Raggedy Ann from me as I ran out the door and she must have