Did Arnold suffer any in the estimation of his compatriots by reason of the grave accusations preferred against him? Rather the reverse. They gloried in what they were pleased to call his “spunk.” The old Morgan raiders and thousands of their way of thinking looked with pride, almost with reverence, on one of their kind with nerve and wit enough to make a foray into Yankeedom and bring away more than half a million in spoils. To tell the truth, Arnold was the very hero of the hour, for the old war feeling was still rampant. I followed Lent to Kentucky, whither also went Captain I. W. Lees. Familiar with the field, after some investigation of the state of public opinion in Hardin county, I am satisfied that had Arnold stood his ground unflinchingly not a dollar could have been wrung from him by legal proceedings, no matter what the proof. And, moreover, at that time the matter of exact proof was not as easy as later on. Negotiations leading to a compromise took place in which I played a part. These resulted in a compromise by which Arnold surrendered $150,000 on consideration of immunity from further litigation. The money was turned over to Mr. Lent personally. What disposition was made of it I am not informed, but understood that it was retained by the recipient to make good his personal loss. So Arnold, left, according to his own statements, with an uncontested fortune of nearly half a million dollars, everywhere enjoyed the esteem and high respect which broadcloth and a large cash balance invariably inspire. But he did not live long to enjoy prosperity. Arnold, among other ambitions, wanted to shine in finance, and for this purpose opened a bank in Elizabethtown, and for a time did a rushing trade, to the great irritation of his business rivals. The quarrel became very bitter, and as differences of opinion were only arbitrated in one way in Hardin county at the period mentioned, the first time Arnold met one of his competitors the two opened fire at each other on the street, after the manner of the best traditions. Arnold never lacked courage, and had all the best of the arbitration, having winged his man once, when his antagonist’s partner appeared in a doorway and landed the greater portion of a charge of buckshot in the diamond discoverer’s shoulder. His wounds were considered fatal, but his iron constitution carried him far toward recovery, and he was considering with pleasant anticipation a second meeting with the bankers, with sixshooters instead of a clearing-house to balance the account, when he was seized with pneumonia. Under this last affliction the tough old campaigner, after a hard struggle, weakened and died. This happened, I think, near the close of 1873, so that Arnold’s prosperity was short-lived.