The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-08
The Maniac Bell of Fairway
 Bar.

fcopyright, 1902. by Daily Story Pub. Col
 The big steel skeleton stood out stark aeaifsf the sky. About the well -trodden esnis at its base rose nondescrtpt. jagged piles of timber. unsighty and meahins., less now. but which, a day oe,ore. nae the new Light of Fairway bar. Featners Of smoke and steam were spluttering bus, fly from out the roof Of a rough sne1 some yards away. wniie .ns occasiv ss ,,nl. ieys, and herewith the swift ascent or : steel bar or beam at ropes end. 10 tne topmost platform, told that some last touches were yet to be put to the 'o"-
 But with scafiolding down was revealed fn detail. the work upon which hand ana brain of engineer and craftsman naa i:bcrsd thrcusn long n,ac Sont ana n sroups venting admiration between puns rom @ in invariable pipe of the eeafarer. Gut terai comment gave praise to every Lea- ture. from the deep sunk base to the very lon There. like a great hood. topping the csecass of steel. the light room .s VIZ rapidly taking shape and would soon house the beacon. which that mysteT9usi; ordained to shine henceforth from Faar- way. d cheering smile through calm 70 the hcmeward-bound mariner. ana rare. well full of promise to the outwardsDou,ra, os,nr the rieft to steel hearts that might be in conflict with the deep.
 Fairway bar. like a great: bared arm reaches from the mainiand into n .ne srr, srr, when the hde is low. and like the snort. sturdy arm of a giant when the waters come far on the sands. Fairway, oit at the union of mainland and bar. and here thrives an humble community Of fshermen and seAfoik, nestled at brink of land and sea. because Fairway harbor IS the snuggest on a coast that has been the doom of many brave ship. .,
 Placidiy the harbor spreads out before the town, and some score of hardy crsft generally are to be found there. ooboins at anchor, when the days work Is done, The bar, the guardian of the fleet and buiwark of the harbor. lies beyond. and from the bar to the horizon is only the ever restless sea. until sea and sky seem one. Giving the eye welcome focus in this waste of depth and distance, stands the new light. where the sands dip into the sea at lowest ebb. and with its base washed by the eddying waters when the until the light begins its mission. floats the Bteeple-like structure, supporting Fairway bell-buoy. the maniac bell of Fafrway bar.
 Fairway folk had watched the monster of steel rise, as 1t seemed, from the sea, with mingled feelings. for 1t had taken . tragedy to bring the seemingly imnov- treacherous bar with trustworthy sent incl. to supplant the bell, and the pride in the new possession was tempered with the memory of an awful night, that even the government was made to think, need not have been--at any rate. the Fairway Light is building.
 Fairway bell for years had been the only marking for the little harbor and the only warning of the presence of a bar that had claimed It's score of luckless craft The coming of the Light meant the end Of the service of the bell. Its brszen throat would soon be hushed, but echoes will finger in F,airway hearts, as the sobbing of the sea fingers in the sad heart of the she'll Not too soon for Fair way could it's voice be hushed not too soon would 1t cease to mingie with the music of the surf or clang its treble to the diarastn ot the storm. and not too sooE was 1t to be dragged in from the sea to rot In the sands. Not well-wisher among all the watchers on the sands had the maniac bell of Pathway Bar, and 1t changed away with 3 welcome re- quiem as the last bolts were being set, high oh the lighthouse
 More than year back goes the story of the christening of the bell on the bar. with the gTuesome name that will cling to it. A wild winters storm had scream ed through a day and a night Boat af- ter boat of the Fsirway fleet had, in that period, crept in past the bar to safety. Newcomers. man after man. from storm swept decks. were greeted with glad well comings and these joined the company of eager watchers who dehed the buffetings