The Corpse-Rider 3!> 



not ! " gasped the man, quaking from head to 

 foot ; "I dare not even look at her ! " " You 

 will have to do much more than look at her," 

 declared the inyoshi ; " and you promised to 

 obey. Go in ! " He forced the trembler into 

 the house and led him to the side of the corpse. 



The dead woman was lying on her face. 

 " Now you must get astride upon her," said the 

 inyoshi, " and sit firmly on her back, as if you 

 were riding a horse. . . . Come ! you must do 

 it ! " The man shivered so that the inyosbi had 

 to support him shivered horribly; but he 

 obeyed. " Now take her hair in your hands," 

 commanded the inyoshi , " half in the right 

 hand, half in the left. ... So ! ... You must 

 grip it like a bridle. Twist your hands in it 

 both hands tightly. That is the way! . . . 

 Listen to me ! You must stay like that till morn 

 ing. You will have reason to be afraid in the 

 night plenty of reason. But whatever may 

 happen, never let go of her hair. If you let go, 

 even for one second, she will tear you into 

 gobbets ! " 



The inyoshi then whispered some mysterious 

 words into the ear of the body, and said to its 



