Who Was Responsible For Herbert's Death

Did you ever wonder why Herbert died? It all started on a dark stormy night while playing chess. A man from far away land knocked on the door. He told a tail of a magical paw. The paw would let you make three wishes. In the story monkeys paw the son Herbert’s dies. I believe Herbert is the blame. Since Herbert didn’t believe in the paw he caused his own death. We were going to be rich and happy. Wish to be an emperor. He was making fun of the mystery of the paw. That could have been a reason he put death on his self for not believing and making fun of it. He sat in the darkness gazing at the dying fire. He was probably thinking of bad things. He had seen his own big face in the mist of the fire. Those were probably signs of him be deceased.
That was probably a type of curse to show he was going to die. Another reason he wished death on his self is because he didn’t believe in his fears. He didn’t believe in the paw. He always laughed at his fears and thought it was funny. That was a sign of he didn’t think anything would happen to him. So basically he felt he had no reason to be afraid. Overall I think he is responsible for his own death he was seems to me. He was seeing things and was not afraid of anything before him. He didn’t believe in the paw and thought nothing bad would happen to him. He probably knew he would die so didn’t care and think for other things in life.