The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-29
ROGERS FLINT, THE CONSTRUCTION MAN Advance Guard of Mundy
 Shows Reaches Town RUSHING CARNIVAL WORK Special Trains Bearing Mundy carni- val Shows and Equipment Due to
 Arrive Sunday Afternoon
 From Texarkana.
RUSHING CARNIVAL WORK

"Is this MT. IIouppert?" asked a smooth shaven, well dressed man, puffing con tentedly at a huge cigar, of the most popular man in town" Pete Houppert, this morning.
 "Yes, that's my name" was Houppert's reply. What might yours be-"
 The smooth shaven, well dressed man took two or three more long draws at his big cigar, cleared his throat and calmly replied:
 My name's Flint Roger Flint, repre- senting the Great Mundy shows. I'm the construction man for the carnival"
 What! At last!l Say you are the man we've been looking for since Monday. We were afraid you had got side tracked some where down the llne," and Pete grabbed the smooth shaven, well dressed cigar smoker by the hand and shook him much the same as though a long lost brother had just turned up.
 Rapid rire Questioning.
 "When did you get in? Have you had DitdhldSl yet w HNAG COliAOS AAp" Q Mundy? Did you get my letters? Why didn't you answer our telegrams?"
 These and dozen other queries were fired quick and fast at Roger Flint Es- quire, who continued calmly to puff great clouds of smoke thoughtfuly into the air. until Pete was breathless, when he re- piled in aggravatingly easy tones:
 "Got in this morning. Five forty. Came from Texarkana. by way of Memphis. Yes, have eaten breakfast. Thank you. Conley's in good health. So Is Colonel Mundy. Yes, we received your letters. We did answer your telegrams. Have a cigar?" and Roger Flint, Esquire, repre- senting the Great Mundy shows had scored a hit with Pete Houppert, the boss of "the works and of the Orphans Home Carnival which opens Monday next.
 Flint Was Late.
 Mr. Flint was due to reach Birmingham not later than Tuesday afternoon, and every incoming train since then has been met by Cols Houppert, Campbell and Schllinger until patience had ceased to be a virtue and hope deferred was rap idly making the heart sick, as per the quotation of Shakespeare, or one Of those other special writers for the newspapers of other days.
 It might not be a very elegant man ner in which to express it, but It's truth fitness will offset the inelegance-the committeeman of the Orphans Home car nival were sweating blood" when We'd nesday night came and passed with no signs of Roger Flint, Esquire the con- struction man.
 But it's all right now and was, in fact precisely one minute after MT. Flint had declared to Colonel Houppert that he had arrived
 Rushing the Work.
 With the Mundy man on hand, 1t did not take long to settle definitely on sev- eral points that had been held open pend- ing his arrival and by noon every detail was working like oil.
 Yesterday afternoon MT. Flint decided on the location of the various Mundv shows and by tonight most of the stages. platforms, frames for show fronts, etc, will be completed and the immense grand stand in the royal hippodrome well un- der way.
 The three special trains that transport the paraphernalia and carnival equip ment of the great Mundy Amusement company, will arrive In Birmingham Sun day afternoon at about D. m. and all will be in perfect readiness for the open ing of the Orphans Home carnival Mon- day night long before the scheduled hour.