Missing---Chapter 4 Date: 12/19/01 1:46:03 PM Central Standard Time From: Peggy Boone Willie felt optomistic about Barnabas coming back to the Old House. He had been at the Old House when the sheriff had spotted the cane. Julia didn't know about the cane. She had moved into one of the rooms at Collinwood. Willie felt better about leaving the Old House with Julia staying at Collinwood. He was going to take care of the Old House. A cloud of darkness covered Collinwood. In the room where Julia had retired for the night, she tossed fitfully. She thought she would be able to sleep if she was away from the Old House. Deep in her subconscious, she could see Widow's Hill. The picture changed showing the bottom of the cliff amid the rocks. She saw a body of the man that had either jumped or had fallen to his death.He laid face down on the rocks. His hair was light brown. She woke up screaming, when she saw what he was wearing. It wasn't a coat. It was the cape she had seen so many times while she was living at the Old House. Julia's bedroom door was opened and Elizabeth Stoddard and Carolyn hurried in. Elizabeth tried to comfort her the best she could. The three of them heard a sudden sound in the doorway. When Carolyn turned toward the sound, she saw her cousin. He was rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. He did not have to ask what the trouble was. He already knew. He turned and stumbled back to bed. Carolyn stayed with Julia until she went back to sleep. In the morning, Julia walked back to the Old House. She wanted to see if Willie was still there. When she walked through the door, he walked down the stairs. "I didn't know you was comin' back today." "I want you to do something for me." "What?" "I want you to go search at the foot of Widow's Hill." "What for?" "I had a dream last night. I saw Barnabas laying dead at the bottom of the cliff." Julia told him to go to Collinwood when he got back and tell her what he found out.
