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And before that happens , if I know old Rhoda , we 'll find them . '' `` He 's mine when we do find him , remember that , '' John DeWitt always said through his teeth at this point in the discussion . It was on the twelfth day of the hunt that the sheep-herder found them . They were cinching up the packs after the noon rest when he rode up on a burro . He was dust-coated and both he and the burro were panting . `` I 've seen her ! I 've seen the señorita ! ''