Unfortunately, at the angle of the fence stood a beautiful madrono-tree, brilliant with its scarlet berries, and endeared to me as Consuelo's favorite haunt, under whose protecting shade I had more than once avowed my youthful passion.
"The Bell-Ringer of Angel's and Other Stories"
Bret Harte
It was afterward known to madrono Hollow that sharp words passed between "Miss Jo" and the old man, and that the latter coupled the names of one Culpepper Starbottle and his uncle, Colonel Starbottle, with certain uncomplimentary epithets, and that Miss Jo retaliated sharply.
"Mrs. Skaggs's Husbands and Other Stories"
Bret Harte
A half-mile below the Folinsbee Ranch the white road dipped and was crossed by a trail that ran through madrono hollow.
"Mrs. Skaggs's Husbands and Other Stories"
Bret Harte