Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 178, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1910 — MAUDIE DEAR WAS FILLED WITH FEAR. [ARTICLE]

MAUDIE DEAR WAS FILLED WITH FEAR.

Didn’t Want Her Hnsband Hear, Which Made Her Hub Feel Very Queer, And Filled With Pleading. Squire Irwin’s court was the scene of considerable entertainment for the office men and girl clerk in the Odd Fellows building Wednesday afternoon. Maudie Rodman, of Union township, some time ago brought divorce proceedings against her husband, William F. Rodman, who lives at Laura. She has lived seperate from him and don’t want anything to do with him, but accuses him of pestering her and fearing that he may carry out threats alleged to have been made by him to others, she sought to have him placed under a bond to keep the peace. The action was begun in Squire Irwin's office and occupied the court during several hours Wednesday. Rodman wanted to impress his wife and other.that he was entirely harmless. He employed all the entreaty that his vocabulary and wits could assemble to try to induce his wife to withdraw the proceedings and to again take up her abode with him. .He called her “Maudie dear, darling, dovey and noodles” and didn’t seem to care who heard him, for the presence of the girl clerks and an occasional giggle from them did not seem to deter his love making and the dignity of the court received a big jolt with each renewal of his sentimental eloquence. Squire Irwin finally decided to take the case under advisement for a time and the comedy was brought to a close. *