But what I object to is being made a fool of." He was suffering from mortification, which is a sort of ingrowing anger, and the more it sunk in, the angrier he got.
And here was the plan he unfolded to Injun; the plan to get even with Bill Jordan.

They would go to Moose Lake, in the foothills of the mountains.

You may remember that on the southwestern shore of this lake was a cabin, which had been the scene of some of the boys' former adventures.

They would make this cabin their headquarters.

Bill Jordan never would suspect that they were there.