Show GOT HIS SOBRIQUET EARLY honest john I 1 kelly proved hit his right to the title long before manhood there have been many stories about the manner in fit which Il honest lonest john kelly the ex first got his nickname mr air kelly himself according to a now new york letter holds that it came to him naturally for even as a small email toy boy the purity of his bis soul shone through his bla face 1 I think the first time I 1 was ever called Il honest lonest john was when I 1 was waa quite a youngster said kelly A man engaged as an ambulatory salesman of observed the ingenious countenance I 1 presented to the world and balled me you look honest boy bald he what might your mime name be baa john said 1 I quite simply john just like that then hold my horse while I 1 go in the saloon and got get a drink said bald he and so I 1 held his bis horse while he went in the saloon and got a drink but this was on lower ninth avenue in a day when the avenues honors went to the man who could clean tho the most cops cope in a given time by and by the gang came along and behold beheld that wagon full of the peddler was detained within by a sore thirst and they took the and then they came back and took the cushions off the wagon eventually becoming daring they unhitched the wagon and took it away true to my trust I 1 stood there holding the horse and by and by the peddler came out ou t of the saloon and sized up the situation well said he warmly youre honest john all right you saved the |