Show gen wallace lost small fortune gen lew wallace was engaged by a new york paper to go to the seat of war between turkey and greece he was to receive 50 whether the war lasted three months or a year besides liberal expense allow ances the paper wanted him to start by a certain date but he could not leave until ten days later dur ing that interval the greeks were defeated and the trouble came to an end the result being that wallace lost his opportunity for by the terms of his own contract there was no war to re port |