Both shook and shivered as they pulled on their underclothes, shoes which they did not stop to lace, then shirts, trousers, vests and jackets.
"Br-r-r-r-r! M-m-m-m--!" was all the sound Dan could make.

He was trying to frame words, but his teeth wouldn't stop long enough.

Dick made a dive for a lot of excelsior that had come around some of their goods the day before.

This he threw into the dead, cold fireplace.

Dan, shaking as though with ague, brought a log and laid it across the excelsior.