S02.E03: Ebenezer Sprague

[Tara Ariano]

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Laura is stunned to learn that her amiable fishing friend is none other than Walnut Grove's new banker, miserly Ebenezer Sprague; then she's heartbroken when he accuses her of becoming his friend to secure a loan for her family.

[Primetimer]

And as the town banker, he has Pa's financial fate in his hands.

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[raymond]

Wait a second. Mr. Sprague has a sad, thoughtful cup of tea at night, and then a crate of books shows up at the school the next day. Am I to believe that they have Amazon Prime in Walnut Grove?

[scowl]

Perhaps the old man bought the crate of books weeks ago so he could sit next to it and laugh because the kids couldn't read them.