Mubby

Penton maintained it was to-morrow you were due ” Darrie sided with him ” Darrie is a friend of mine who is visiting us, from Virginia ” but Ruth, Mubby's secretary,” she finished, relapsing into her intimate petting name for her husband, (Mubby is short for “My hubby ") ” “Ruth sided with me, though we had quite an argument about it.”

Tramping on Life Kemp, Harry, 1883-1960 1922

Penton maintained it was to-morrow you were due -- Darrie sided with him -- Darrie is a friend of mine who is visiting us, from Virginia -- but Ruth, Mubby's secretary, "she finished, relapsing into her intimate petting name for her husband, (Mubby is short for" My hubby ") --" Ruth sided with me, though we had quite an argument about it. "

Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative Harry Kemp 1921

She was shouting "Mubby" for help -- her husband's pet name ....

Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative Harry Kemp 1921

“Look, the sun's almost gone down ... and Mubby and Darrie will be home a long time by this time ... and Mubby will be getting fidgety.”

Tramping on Life Kemp, Harry, 1883-1960 1922

“Mubby came down to me this morning,” said Hildreth one evening,

Tramping on Life Kemp, Harry, 1883-1960 1922

“Tell me, was he ... was Mubby .. back there, in our former life?”

Tramping on Life Kemp, Harry, 1883-1960 1922

“Oh, come now ... don't you be like Mubby! ... that's the way he talks.”

Tramping on Life Kemp, Harry, 1883-1960 1922

Mubby called, 'what's the matter now?' in that bland, exasperating tone of his, -- that injured, self-righteous,

Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative Harry Kemp 1921

"Mubby came down to me this morning," said Hildreth one evening, "and pleaded to be taken back again ... as husband ...."

Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative Harry Kemp 1921

"Oh, come now ... don't you be like Mubby! ... that's the way _he_ talks."

Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative Harry Kemp 1921