What might be an alternate ending for the story "The Monkey's Paw"?

Since the story "The Monkey's Paw" opens with
foreshadowing in references to son, the White's family circle, an unnamed "he" coming,
and warnings to wish sensibly, an alternate ending would need to incorporate all these
elements. In other words, a "he" related to their warm "family circle," a son, and
confirmation of a need to be practical would have to be in the alternate ending to
fulfill the foreshadowing and to tie up the threads of the story. One possible alternate
ending is that when the knocking, knocking, knocking starts, Mr. White does not find the
paw in time. The wife gets the bolt undone. She gets the chair moved. She opens the door
and on the doorstep is the collapsed but living body of an illegitimate son of Mr. White
who was summoned, though dying of consumption, to their house by the magic of the
monkey's paw. The practical, or sensible, element would be that Mr. White wished for
reconciliation while his wife was lamenting, while the  fulfillment of the wish would
include the young man's desire to reconcile with his extended family before the death he
can feel coming touches him with its icy fingers.