Textual identity is not textual authority. “Catalogue primary/default” selects the default catalogue representation; it does not mean that this wording is automatically Howard’s most authoritative text.
Surviving manuscript evidence
The records below describe surviving physical typescripts, carbons, manuscript material and documentary catalogue evidence for this exact textual state. TSS numbers identify physical catalogue units; they are not story or draft IDs.
Draft 1 — surviving Howard typescriptHoward typescript
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain
Physical extent: 1 page / 1 TSS catalogue unit
TSS: 23970
Original Robert E. Howard typescript.
Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Men of the Shadows (d1) · TSS 23970 · spreadsheet rows 10436–10436