Subj: Seance Series--Joshua Did Love His Family!
Date: 6/4/99 3:25:01 PM Central Daylight Time
From: Mysterious Millicent

Joshua Did Love his Family!

A seance was held in the small house of the Whitehorn's. A seance that suspended time and space and sent one woman Sue on a short journey back to the past. Back to the year 1798. There she met and talked briefly with Joshua Collins, once proud patriarch of the Collins Estate and Family. Now a sad and remorseful man. Upon returning from the seance, Sue immediately went to her desk and wrote this in her journal......

June 4th 1999-----

This evening after hearing so much information regarding Angelique's curse and whether or not Barnabas and his father loved each other, I determined to hold a seance with my daughter Beth in the living room of our home.

During the seance, something happened and I found the room growing dark and feeling fuzzy in the head. But then the room began to grow lighter, and I found I was not in my house at all, but in a large room of an older house.

It took me a few minutes to determine where I was, and I wasn't sure until a man walked into the room.

"Joshua Collins!"

The man at the door looked at me with puzzlement and amazement, and then said stiffly, "Who are you? How do you know my name and what are you doing here?"

I stammered a bit, "Well, Mr. Collins my name is Sue Whitehorn and I came to find out some information from you regarding your family. I am writing a book you see and want to make sure the information I have is accurate!"

Joshua looked at me intensly for a few minutes and then said, "Very well, what is it you want to know?"

"Mr. Collins, there are those ....... uh....... in the town who do not believe that you are capable of love. That you did not love any member of your family and that is why you are alone now." I managed to get out hoping
not to arouse anger in the man

Joshua fell silent for a few minutes and I feared he would either throw me out of the house or that he would begin shouting. But his face slowly broke into a slight smile and he nodded his head. "Yes, I am sure that is the local gossip. However, let me assure you, Mrs. Whitehorn, I did love my family very much. My wife Naomi was the love of my life and she was very dear and precious to me. She died as a result of a shock and I mourn her even now years later. And my little Sarah. If I had only told her that her brother was dead, she might not have tried to run out after a ghost and get caught in a storm and die. Poor child. My sister Abigail, well she met a fate she actually deserved, but I loved her too. And my dear brother Jeremiah. He was so quick to adopt any idea that came along and had not the discipline to run a business, much less keep a job. But I loved him too. But the one that was the worst blow was my son. Barnabas was my heir and I was very proud of him. If he had not met the duPres' family and that Countess Natalie, who brought the witch here, my son would still be alive. We did not always see eye to eye and it was necessary to show him a certain amount of coldness in order to get him to realize the mistakes he was making. He was responsible for the family in the same way I always had been. It was his responsibility to be strong, a hard worker, to invest wisely and keep a level head if he was to lead the family. Those qualities were not always there . And so it was necessary for me to appear cold towards him in order to get him to assume the responsibilites for which he was bred and educated."

I looked at Joshua and there were tears in his eyes. "Mr. Collins are you alright?" I asked gingerly.

Joshua looked up at me and said, "A few years ago, no one would ever have seen me shed a tear, nor say the word love, nor admit that I had feelings at all. But, what they didn't know is that I dearly loved all of my family. And because I did not show that love, all that remains of my family is a cousin who is now completely out of her mind. I care for her as best I can. And my young cousin, Daniel. I will take very good care of him and be sure he does not suffer the same fate as I have. He will know that it is perfectly alright for a man to admit that he does love!"

I was about to say something else when the room began to get dark and I again felt fuzzy in the head. Then I found myself once again in the room with Beth looking up at me.

"Mom are you alright? " Beth said wide eyed.

I smiled and said. "Yes, of course. But I have something I must do immediately. I must tell the list what Joshua said to me."

And there you have it. My experience and what was revealed to me by Joshua Collins himself.