this slavery was perhaps not too terrible , as those that did leave the carnival , to marry or maybe because they needed medical care somewhere along the way for an injury or illness and some that served a jail term that tatum couldnt wait on , those that did leave the carnival for whatever reason always felt as though theyd fallen off a fast moving train and theyd just live out their lives waiting for tatum to come through again and pick them up so they could resume their old lives where theyd left off .