



Produced by Annie R. McGuire








[Illustration: HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE]

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VOL. III.--NO. 112. PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK. PRICE FOUR
CENTS.

Tuesday, December 20, 1881. Copyright, 1881, by HARPER & BROTHERS. $1.50
per Year, in Advance.

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[Illustration: "'YES,' HE SAID, 'I DO WANT A NEW PAIR.'"]




     NOTICE.--_The Serial Story, Post-office Box, and Exchanges, omitted
     from our Christmas Number, will be resumed next week._

     HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE, 4 cents a week; $1.50 per year.




SHAMRUCK; OR, THE CHRISTMAS PANNIERS.

BY FRANK R. STOCK