[Pg 1] [Pg 1] ON STRIKE, OR Where do the Girls come in? BY EDRIC GLENFIELD. Dedicated to all his Australian Sistersby the Author. Dedicated to all his Australian Sistersby the Author. SYDNEY:GIBBS, SHALLARD & CO., PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS84a Pitt Street.——1890. 84a Pitt Street [Pg 3] [Pg 3] ON STRIKE, OR WHERE DO THE GIRLS COME IN? Reginald Oofbourne was born with the proverbial silver spoon in his mouth. It is not necessary for the purpose of this work to say how his family acquired their wealth, but at the age of twenty-one he was approximately worth six million pounds sterling. He was deeply in love with a young lady who was born in a village adjoining his own property. His love was no sudden infatuation. He had carried Edith Marton in his arms as a baby, he had worshipped the sweet child of twelve, and when she reached the age of eighteen he was madly in love with her. They were about to be
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